▲ 183 ▼ It has been 0 days since I last had this conversation (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 months ago by raindrop1988@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments Manager: We (meaning you) need to do task A. How long will it take? Me: Task A will take X days to do. Manager: That seems awful long. Me: How long do you think it should take? Manager: It surely could not take any longer than Y days. Me: Ok, it seems you have an answer to your question then. Later: Manager: It’s been Y days, why isn’t task A done yet?
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (3 children) Luckily software development is not pregnancy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] filtoid@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 months ago It's a reference to The Mythical Man Month and (I believe) one of the parables told inside: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month permalink fedilink source parent [–] lauha@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yes, but not all time related problems are man power limited. Bottle necks come in many shapes and sizes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago And manglement causes many of those. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] filtoid@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 months ago It's a reference to The Mythical Man Month and (I believe) one of the parables told inside: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lauha@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yes, but not all time related problems are man power limited. Bottle necks come in many shapes and sizes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago And manglement causes many of those. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago And manglement causes many of those. permalink fedilink source parent