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From: maff@dial.pipex.com (Matt Stephens)
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Subject: ANN: True stories of development hell
Date: 8 Apr 2002 05:41:22 -0700
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Development hell is somewhere we've all been. Some of us are unlucky
enough to still be there...

http://www.bad-managers.com

Our latest story is about Aspiration Inc, an official customer-free
zone (yet they still describe themselves as "highly successful").

From the story:
"The agency told him, excitedly, that he would have to be prepared for
a big change of pace, and that he would be "dropped in at the deep
end, with an urgent project in mid-flow."

On his first day, however, no such project was in evidence. In fact,
the vast roomful of programmers and architects were mostly sitting
around murmuring conspiratorially, looking a bit bored, listlessly
clicking through websites about toasters and kettles, and spreading
the word (via email) about how great and life-changing MSN Messenger
really is.

Desperate, bored eyeballs rolled up in silence as John walked in,
studied him levelly for a few seconds, then switched sullenly back to
their silently flickering screens. Dusty sunlight streamed in through
the rows of bay windows, casting unbroken shadows where there should
have been bustling activity.

This was a definite change of pace, but not quite what John had been
expecting."


Full story, plus many more, at the site:
http://www.bad-managers.com