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> I'm not sure what the original estimate was, but I think it was intended to cost something like 200K for a year of operations, but we were now close to a mil
by trealira 3y ago
> I'm not sure what the original estimate was, but I think it was intended to cost something like 200K for a year of operations, but we were now close to a million dollars.
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> I return to work the following Monday. I suspected that this would save a bunch of money, and guess what, our projected bill dropped from a million to half a million dollars, and everyone is losing their fucking minds.
Wow, so they're still over budget by 300k dollars. This is a funny story, but the company sounds incompetent.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago> This is a funny story, but the company sounds incompetent. I've seen "typical" spelled this way several times on Hacker News. Is it a British thing or something like that?
- pinkmuffinere 3y agolol I know HN isn't the most 'jokey' crowd, but I thought this was pretty funny.
- trealira 3y agoYeah, I thought it was funny too, and upvoted it, but I guess more people disliked it than liked it.
- plagiarist 3y agoThe author seems to agree with you, they are still wildly incompetent with their response to this.