Based On True Events

Ah, the classic corporate solution to a late project: throw a project manager at it! Because nothing fixes a technical debt crisis like someone with a Gantt chart and an appetite for calendar invites.

The punchline hits every developer where it hurts - suddenly your coding time gets sliced up like a pizza at a kindergarten birthday party. That precious 20% spent in meetings is actually optimistic. I've seen teams where developers became professional chair-warmers, only writing code in the mythical hours between "quick syncs" and "alignment discussions."

The real tragedy? The project's still late, but now we have beautiful PowerPoint slides explaining exactly why.