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POSIWID: He tells them it'll be a miracle, he'll have it done by the end of the sprint and it's gonna be perfect first time out the gate. They give him the mand
by reverendsteveii 1y ago
POSIWID: He tells them it'll be a miracle, he'll have it done by the end of the sprint and it's gonna be perfect first time out the gate. They give him the mandate. None of his promises come true because of course they don't. So he goes back before the committee but this time he's already got the mandate to do this for SSA, he can't quit now because everything will go to shit if he quits (or so he says) and so they let him continue for however long it actually takes. Then it's established that part of what DOGE does is overhaul entire other arms of the government, they take as long as they need to take and they get whatever resources they need in order to make this happen. It doesn't matter if he fails because he's not there to succeed, he's there to steal.
- water9 1y ago[flagged]
- tuatoru 1y agoEvery large software project.
- reverendsteveii 1y agoThe key difference that I may not have articulated well is that he doesn't intend to fulfill his promises or make a good-faith effort to do so, and he's trying to maneuver himself into a position where he can't be easily removed. Like a tick on the back of the federal government and more or less for the same reason.
- tuatoru 1y agoAgain, nearly all of the managers of such projects that I have seen. I particularly recall one's expensive cigar and single malt habit.