A Missed Deadline Is Always The Dev's Fault

The classic corporate blame game in its natural habitat! The poor developer sits isolated in a tiny blue puddle while literally everyone else points accusatory fingers from their comfy yellow waters.

Client wants features yesterday. Manager promised impossible timelines. PM failed to manage scope. VP needs to show quarterly progress. CTO wonders why "simple changes" take so long. QA found bugs you "should have caught." And CEO just points because... well, that's what executives do.

Meanwhile, the dev's thinking: "I told you six months ago this deadline was unrealistic, but sure, let's pretend my warnings never happened."