Funniest part? I KNEW it had to have picture of Samuel L. Jackson on the page. Bingo! Damn I love satire. I've always said we can say more through satire in t

Funniest part? I KNEW it had to have picture of Samuel L. Jackson on the page. Bingo! Damn I love satire. I've always said we can say more through satire in ten words than we can with reasoned argument in a thousand. As long as it's not overdone. To Thomas' point, yes, the author of this piece socially-engineered the hell out of it. But that's okay. I can deal with one of these made-for-hn pieces every week or so. Not more than that. There's an important point here that outsiders consistently forget: it's tough to be a programmer. It's tough, and the people who are trying to help us many times are just huge pains in the ass. They say one thing and mean something else entirely. One of my favorite things as somebody who tries to help teams is when I tell management what's needed: more team control, less micromanagement, more freedom to experiment with various things to see what works (and not only the things in the book). Most times they look at me and say "We absolutely want to get better! Just don't change anything" Their idea of "agile" is 1) doing the same old thing but sticking a new label on it, or 2) following some recipe from a book or a seminar and not giving a crap about what the actual developers are saying. We need to make these jokes. We need to keep bringing this up. I don't think folks are listening. But the page is also pandering, so it's a close call.