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Happens every day all over the world. It's just such a mundane event no one writes newspaper articles about it.
by dagw 7y ago
Happens every day all over the world. It's just such a mundane event no one writes newspaper articles about it.
- adrianN 7y agoSo, just like software projects.
- marcosdumay 7y agoWell, I've never heard about it. Both of my parents worked their entire lives on the construction industry. It's a running joke that this never happens.
- phonebanshee 7y agoSoftware people tend to assume that the rest of the world is far more organized than it actually is. In particular, they seem to think that construction projects tend to be well-oiled machines with perfectly followed specs written in advance.
- dagw 7y agoI work in civil engineering so I'm fully aware of what monstrous cluster fucks some projects turn into. Doesn't change the fact that the majority of projects (by number) are simple, small, unambitious projects that basically go as expected.