The Corporate Software Suffering Hierarchy

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The Corporate Software Suffering Hierarchy

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The eternal corporate software hierarchy of suffering! First panel: Developer slumped over in despair because they have to use SAP, the enterprise resource planning software that's basically the DMV of software systems. Second panel: "But wait, there's more misery to come!" Third panel: Enter Jira, the project management tool that somehow manages to make tracking tickets feel like filing taxes in Byzantine bureaucracy. Fourth panel: "Congratulations, you've unlocked a new level of developer hell!" The perfect illustration of how enterprise software solutions are just increasingly sophisticated torture devices wrapped in corporate buzzwords.

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