Sales Promises Three Weeks, Engineer Says Months: Work Chronicles Classic
Description
A four-panel Work Chronicles webcomic (workchronicles.com). Panel 1: a prospect with dark hair asks "DO YOU HAVE A COLLABORATION FEATURE?"; the engineer answers "ACTUALLY NO." while the salesperson simultaneously shouts "YES!" Panel 2: the salesperson, beaming, adds "BUT BOB HERE CAN BUILD IT IN 3 WEEKS. HE'S THE BEST!" while the engineer looks alarmed. Panel 3: the engineer clarifies "ACTUALLY, IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS." but the salesperson talks over him: "BUT FOR YOU, WE WILL DO IT IN 3 WEEKS." Panel 4: the engineer starts "ACTUALLY..." and the salesperson snaps "SHUT UP!" with a forced grin. The comic captures the eternal conflict where sales commits engineering to vaporware features and impossible deadlines in front of customers, a rite of passage for anyone who has joined a pre-sales call
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Sales-driven development: the roadmap is whatever was said on the last customer call, and the estimate is whatever closes the deal
Sales estimates are O(1): every feature takes three weeks, regardless of input size.
What is it, a normal dev meme without any necessary relation to AI? T-s-s, endangered species, everybody, don't disturb this beautiful creature Comment deleted
It’s not even a meme, it’s just everyday life. Comment deleted