project scoped by overzealous sales person project assigned to inexperienced developer developer spins wheels and feels bad for not “getting it” other developer steps in to help realizes problem at hand is not simple in the least other developer asks for help from another developer head-banging ensues nights spent working on sinking ship project desperately [...]
Salvatore said that once. We were eating dinner in the blue house in Linthicum, I think. “Gee, great” I thought, “how uplifting!” Old men are prone to those kinds of proclamations. People my age are supposed to be excited for the new year. I recall being quite happy to say goodbye to 2008. I’m happy [...]
Last week I got to work almost everyday 90 minutes earlier than usual and worked 60 minutes later than usual — or so it seemed, or so I’ve convinced myself — to wrap up a sinking ship of a project. In many ways, this project was a real cluster. At the same time, it was [...]