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I'm sure some of the stuff on that website is made up. They claim to verify it all, but when you're dealing with programmers the compulsion to game systems in e

I'm sure some of the stuff on that website is made up. They claim to verify it all, but when you're dealing with programmers the compulsion to game systems in elaborate ways is just too strong. At the end of the day I have to believe some of it is made up or I would quickly lose the will to live.

fourspace 16y ago
It's basically the geek equivalent of Penthouse Letters to the Editor.
Pyrodogg 16y ago
Even if things are verified there is sure to be a little bit of padding to stories you get from someone who experience an emotional or bizarre situation. However, they also say reality is stranger than fiction.
- billswift 16y ago
  >they also say reality is stranger than fiction. It has always struck me as suspicious that the first dozen "theys" I heard this from were all science fiction writers.
  - MaysonL 16y ago
    To quote a graffito I first ran into back in the '70s in the loo at Change of Hobbit (a late lamented LA SF bookstore): "Reality is a crutch for those who can't handle science fiction".
mseebach 16y ago
How could they verify it? Ask for Alicias contact details and get her to confirm the story?
msluyter 16y ago
It was unclear to me whether the article was a confabulated cautionary tale or an allusion to an actual event. But either way, hard to take seriously without more context.
artmageddon 16y ago
Same here-it seems weird that there are no other parties involved besides "Jaimy" and "Alicia". Well, aside from the two kids, anyway. How could no one else have been told about how poorly she was performing?!
patrickk 16y ago
If I had to guess, I would say this is a compilation of horror stories from a bunch of different badly-managed companies with some juicy padding lobbed in for fun.
MichaelGG 16y ago
It's probably the creative-story-class rewriting TDWTF does to submissions. The original was probably a much more credible two paragraph story. But why publish that when you can throw in "It was a dark and stormy night" and lots of unrealistic dialog?
semanticist 16y ago
My former employer featured on there, and I can confirm that the story was entirely accurate, as far as the person submitting it knew. (They didn't stick around long enough to see all the many real WTFs that were happening there.)

fourspace 16y ago

It's basically the geek equivalent of Penthouse Letters to the Editor.

Pyrodogg 16y ago

Even if things are verified there is sure to be a little bit of padding to stories you get from someone who experience an emotional or bizarre situation. However, they also say reality is stranger than fiction.

billswift 16y ago
>they also say reality is stranger than fiction. It has always struck me as suspicious that the first dozen "theys" I heard this from were all science fiction writers.
- MaysonL 16y ago
  To quote a graffito I first ran into back in the '70s in the loo at Change of Hobbit (a late lamented LA SF bookstore): "Reality is a crutch for those who can't handle science fiction".

mseebach 16y ago

How could they verify it? Ask for Alicias contact details and get her to confirm the story?

msluyter 16y ago

It was unclear to me whether the article was a confabulated cautionary tale or an allusion to an actual event. But either way, hard to take seriously without more context.

artmageddon 16y ago

Same here-it seems weird that there are no other parties involved besides "Jaimy" and "Alicia". Well, aside from the two kids, anyway. How could no one else have been told about how poorly she was performing?!

patrickk 16y ago

If I had to guess, I would say this is a compilation of horror stories from a bunch of different badly-managed companies with some juicy padding lobbed in for fun.

MichaelGG 16y ago

It's probably the creative-story-class rewriting TDWTF does to submissions. The original was probably a much more credible two paragraph story. But why publish that when you can throw in "It was a dark and stormy night" and lots of unrealistic dialog?

semanticist 16y ago

My former employer featured on there, and I can confirm that the story was entirely accurate, as far as the person submitting it knew. (They didn't stick around long enough to see all the many real WTFs that were happening there.)