> When management finally released that the said deadlines could not be met, they hired really fast, and not carefully, a bunch of people [...] In the end it pu

> When management finally released that the said deadlines could not be met, they hired really fast, and not carefully, a bunch of people [...] In the end it put us even more behind schedule than before. Nothing new under the sun. This is from the Tao of Programming (1987): A manager went to the Master Programmer and showed him the requirements document for a new application. The manager asked the Master: "How long will it take to design this system if I assign five programmers to it?" "It will take one year," said the Master promptly. "But we need this system immediately or even sooner! How long will it take if I assign ten programmers to it?" The Master Programmer frowned. "In that case, it will take two years." "And what if I assign a hundred programmers to it?" The Master Programmer shrugged. "Then the design will never be completed," he said.