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I once designed and built an entirely new video integrated article format because a salesperson sold something based on a concept we had no intention of buildin
by J5892 6y ago
I once designed and built an entirely new video integrated article format because a salesperson sold something based on a concept we had no intention of building.
My boss's response was basically, "Welp, we just got $200,000 to build this. We should probably figure out what the fuck it is."
- tekstar 6y agoI think I've got you beat. My first job out of university, the sales guys would desperately throw every feature they could dream up into the contract to try to close a deal, then we'd have to build it before they committed to purchase. Then we'd be on the hook to make it based on their whiteboard fever dreams and find out after it shipped the customer just needed 2% of the whole thing
- brysonreece 6y agoHi there, do we work at the same place? Sincerely, help.
- J5892 6y agoI used to work on a team that made flash ads at a giant company. The salespeople didn't say no to anything. These companies were paying $500,000 for 12 hours of exclusive time on our home page, so they got whatever they asked for. If they wanted a car to drive out of the ad and smash into the text below, and have each character morph into 5,000 butterflies that then reformed into the car, they got a car driving out of the ad and smashing into the text below, and having each character morph into 5,000 butterflies that then reformed into the car. And they got it within a week. I swear, the wizardry those flash devs pulled out of their asses was some of the best hacking I've seen in my life.
- girvo 6y agoI miss actionscript, and Flash in general. A hackers delight, I’m still yet to see such a great mix of coding and visual editing/timeline systems.