When Scope Creep Becomes Scope Leap (And Your Sanity Leaps Out the Window)"

You know what’s worse than a Monday morning bug report? A client who says, “Oh, one last thing” every. single. day. It starts innocently enough: “Can we add a button here?” Sure, easy-peasy. Then it’s “Actually, can the button send emails? Oh, and texts. Maybe a Slack integration too. Wait—can it also predict user intent using AI we haven’t budgeted for?”

And the best part? They always add, “It’s just a small change, right?” Small change?! I’m refactoring half the codebase because someone couldn’t decide between Arial and Helvetica last week!

Let’s not forget the **timeline**. “This will only take an extra day or two,” they say. Two days later, I’m knee-deep in spaghetti code, chasing down edge cases that only occur during a lunar eclipse on a leap year.

Oh, and testing? Forget it. They want it live yesterday. “Why are there bugs?!” Because I’m a developer, not a miracle worker!

Meanwhile, project management tools stare at me like, “You’re behind schedule.” Yeah, no kidding, Jira. Maybe you can explain to the client why my sleep schedule is now a myth.

But hey, it’s all worth it, right? Because at the end of the day, when you deliver their Frankenstein-monster feature set, they hit you with:
“Hmm... This isn’t quite what I envisioned.”

And that’s when I quietly Google “career change” and consider becoming a beekeeper. At least bees have structure.