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We Follow Industry Best Practices

We Follow Industry Best Practices
Ah, the classic corporate security theater where management proudly announces "industry best practices" while completely ignoring actual NIST standards. Nothing says "we care about security" like forcing users to change perfectly good passwords every 90 days, ensuring they'll write them on sticky notes under their keyboards. The irony is delicious - the very policies companies implement to "strengthen security" (complex password requirements + frequent changes + no password managers) actually make systems less secure by encouraging bad user behavior. But hey, at least management can check the "security compliance" box during the next audit, right before the inevitable data breach.

The Mythical Man-Month

The Mythical Man-Month
OH. MY. GOD. The absolute TRAGEDY of project management in its purest form! πŸ’€ This comic is the most SAVAGE takedown of Brooks' Law ever - "adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." The manager's solution to missing deadlines? THROW MORE BODIES AT IT! Because CLEARLY nine women can make a baby in one month! πŸ™„ And the DELICIOUS irony of ending up FURTHER behind after onboarding the new devs? *chef's kiss* That's the cognitive dissonance that fuels the entire tech industry! The final panel with "maybe we need a bigger room" instead of, I don't know, ACTUALLY FIXING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ISSUES?! I'm deceased! πŸ’€ Fun fact: "The Mythical Man-Month" is a legendary software engineering book from 1975 that basically said what every developer already knows but no manager will ever admit - throwing more people at a late project is like trying to put out a fire with gasoline!

Spin The Story

Spin The Story
Ah, the corporate spin machine at its finest. When a developer points out the horrible UX, management doesn't fix itβ€”they rebrand the bug as a feature. "Added friction to filter out low-intent users" is just executive speak for "our interface is so bad only desperate people will use it." The best part? The other developers just accept this nonsense with dead eyes. That MBA really taught them how to turn incompetence into strategy. Next week they'll probably call crashes "unexpected meditation opportunities."

Not Actual Events Or Anything (Wink Wink)

Not Actual Events Or Anything (Wink Wink)
The classic management time warp. Six months ago: "Epic UI design guys, love it!" Two days before deadline: "Wtf is this garbage UI?" Same design. Same manager. Different proximity to deadline. You could build the Sistine Chapel of interfaces and it'll still be "garbage" when the sprint's ending. Ten years in the industry and I've yet to see a manager who remembers approving anything.

How Come When I Left A Backdoor They All Lost Their Shit

How Come When I Left A Backdoor They All Lost Their Shit
Corporate amnesia at its finest! The business side freaks out about "unwanted modifications" despite literally requesting them with a ticket number to prove it. Nothing quite like the special feeling when management forgets they asked for something, then acts shocked when you deliver exactly what they wanted. The blank stare in the last panel is the universal developer experience of "I have the receipts but somehow I'm still wrong."

Aggressively Wrong

Aggressively Wrong
The classic battle between management fantasy and engineering reality. First guy thinks one "rockstar" database wizard can replace a legacy system for just $1M. Second guy delivers the brutal reality check with a step-by-step breakdown that screams "I've actually done this before and still have the trauma to prove it." Nothing like watching someone confidently propose a weekend project for what's actually 3 years of migration hell, integration nightmares, and legacy data that makes archaeologists look lazy. The confidence-to-competence ratio is just *chef's kiss*.

Your Average Manager Halloween Costume

Your Average Manager Halloween Costume
Ooooh, the scariest costume of them all! πŸ‘» 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"! πŸŽƒ

All Hail The Corporate Czardom

All Hail The Corporate Czardom
The tech industry's desperate attempt to make "middle management" sound like absolute monarchy is reaching new heights. Forget boring titles like "Director" or "Lead" – everyone's a "Czar" now! Because nothing says "I'm approachable and collaborative" like naming yourself after autocratic Russian emperors. Next up: "JavaScript Sultan," "DevOps Dictator," and "UX Design Deity." Just waiting for someone to update their LinkedIn to "Supreme Git Overlord" with a straight face. The funniest part? The more grandiose the title, the more likely you're just managing a Jira board and begging people to come to your stand-ups.

Are You Agree

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Management Cant Say So Now We Pay

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Grinding Leetcode Since Womb

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Content Tech Industry Yesterday Grammarly macho1 Leetcode for 3 year kid How should a 3 vear olds time be split across learning wrt leetcode, managerial skills, product management and sales. At what point VC and CTO training should start? 5? 11 273 . Share

Great year but...

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Content 2022 has been an exceptional year for the company. 243 more profits. 99.99999 uptime. O bugs in a year. Without you, we, the board and upper management, couldn't afford those bonuses. However, we have to fire 70 of our workforce. Sorry and happy new vear everyone! (Oh, and we take full responsibility for this decision, whatever that means) ACME AMA 000000009 ACME AMA 090000000