Your Average Manager Halloween Costume

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Agile Programming Devops

11 months ago 188,598 views 0 shares

Your Average Manager Halloween Costume

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Ooooh, the scariest costume of them all! 👻 This IT Manager package comes with everything you need to haunt your dev team's nightmares! Just slip it on and watch your coworkers run screaming from the "free pizza" that mysteriously only appears when you need them to stay until midnight. The empty promises accessory pairs perfectly with the "we're like a family here" speech you'll give right before canceling everyone's PTO requests. Truly terrifying how accurate this is... I'm having flashbacks to my last job where my manager's idea of career development was hiring his golf buddy instead of promoting anyone internal. The costume even includes the special ability to develop selective hearing loss whenever a developer mentions "technical debt" or "burnout"! 🎃

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