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@Root To be fair it wasn't my manager (he's actually really good to work for) but it's another group within the business we support.
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@BobbyTables I meant he's acting like a typical manager. Telling you to do something, ignoring your response, and then telling you to do it anyway.
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@Root manageoid should definitely be part of our jargon
- excuse what are you currently working on right now?
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@sbiewald you can't forget what you don't know
Conversation today...
Guy: "Hey I need a real quick script to pull some values out of an XML document...is that possible?"
Me: "Uh...yeah that's pretty simple if that's all it has to do."
Guy: "Ok excellent I'll send you some files and documentation."
Me: "Ok so is this like a one time use thing or do you need to parse multiple of these?"
Guy: "Actually it needs to run all the time, on this specific PC, watch directories for any files that are added, then generate a XLSX files of the values, and also log information to a database. Etc"
Me: "Oh that adds quite a bit of complexity from what you originally said. It's going to take more time."
Guy: "But you said it was easy."
Well fuck you...
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