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  • welshboy82, on 09/11/2008, -1/+62Haha that's funny. I just had to fix someone's email earlier today!
    • FrostyWalrus, on 09/12/2008, -3/+1In Soviet Russia, email fixes you!
      /buryme
  • BeShirtHappy, on 09/11/2008, -2/+37That is funny. It made me chuckle this morning!
  • damnedviper, on 09/11/2008, -1/+32poor developers!!
    • mecharabbit, on 09/12/2008, -3/+6And to think that the average salary of a web software developer is a meager $69,422. What a tragedy.

      http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layouthtmls/swz ...
      • seventoes, on 09/12/2008, -2/+8We damn well earn that money. You try doing things out of your job description at your bosses command and then getting yelled at for not doing your job.
      • bluesnowmonkey, on 09/12/2008, -2/+3Yeah, sucks being smart.
      • ExRe, on 09/12/2008, -7/+2The average salary is $70k? Well, there must be a lot of crappy developers.

        You couldn't pay me $70k to deal with full time development (well, you could pay me that much, but I wouldn't work more than 25 hours a week for that). Same with cooking (and many other careers I am sure), if you are not managing a team you get paid ***** and get worked to death.
      • Dested, on 09/12/2008, -1/+9ExRe: Some people love to develop, some people love to cook. Some people like being a tool and bossing people around about things they don't understand.
      • SnarleyJoe, on 09/12/2008, -3/+2@seventoes
        You just described 80% of office staff, of which 95% earn a lot less than 70k.
        Get off your high horse, you aren't anything special.
      • drakenlot, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1We are the ones who have to deal with people who don't know how to turn their monitor on.

        We deserve the money because of that alone, not to mention being forced to create something horribly ***** up because your boss said to include something ridiculous .
      • mrBitch, on 09/13/2008, -0/+2@drakenlot RE: " ... We deserve the money because of that alone, not to mention being forced to create something horribly ***** up because your boss said to include something ridiculous"

        -- Do you work at Microsoft?
  • Crackerpat, on 09/11/2008, -3/+28Needed that this morning. Thank you.
  • Mathieugothax, on 09/11/2008, -1/+19That was great, and sooo true.
  • lesleye, on 09/11/2008, -2/+59BIG HUGS TO ALL DEVELOPERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE LOVE YOU!!!!
    • kalleanka, on 09/12/2008, -1/+12SO WHERE IS MY HUG???
      I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY HUG TODAY.
      JUST WRITING YOU GIVE ME A HUG DOES NOT RESULT IN ME BEING HUGGED...

      and yeah, I can also press my caps lock key...
      • brettalton, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1I hope you don't program for Linux or BSD then.
    • Glo0, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1i want one too, im the lone coder in this place


      WHERE MY FREAKING VIOLIN SOLO EH?????
    • ManOfVirtues, on 09/16/2008, -0/+1Coder Group Hug?
  • AmyVernon, on 09/11/2008, -2/+16Too funny! Loved the one w/the little kid.
    • lesleye, on 09/11/2008, -0/+6Yeah, but made me a little sad...until the end, then it was just funny!!!
      • ModernGeek, on 09/12/2008, -0/+3Yeah, intensive and visual basic in the same sentence! It made me smile inside.
      • ManOfVirtues, on 09/16/2008, -0/+1Its really true.

        I work two jobs, webmaster by day freelance developer by night, to give my family the life they deserve. I have a seven week old daughter that I really only see for an hour or two a day during the week.
        When she gets a few years older she won't remember the time when Daddy spent a half hour eating dinner before going back to work. Work hard now, so I wont have to later.
  • Midnight420, on 09/11/2008, -1/+4Very funny. Thanks!@
  • louiebaur, on 09/11/2008, -1/+52Oh that reminds me less digging more developing...
  • AussieCynic, on 09/11/2008, -2/+5Bugger...lol
  • Smilier, on 09/11/2008, -11/+1video has been removed from you tube!

    anyone got an alternative link?
  • dha07030, on 09/11/2008, -3/+43Well maybe they would get more work done if they weren't hanging around holding signs.
  • Jayg28, on 09/11/2008, -2/+14I had had every one of thos things happen to me....this year!
    • sg1fan, on 09/12/2008, -2/+5Ditto! It's funny because it's so true!
    • Data33, on 09/12/2008, -0/+9Your daddy has no more time for you?
  • lukis100, on 09/12/2008, -3/+2AWESOME!
  • glasnt, on 09/12/2008, -2/+7Every one of those placards has happened to me ;-;
  • scarz99, on 09/12/2008, -8/+1Wow sorry I couldn't watch because that stupid stock piano song from GarageBand annoys the hell out of me. MAKE YOUR OWN SONG!
    • BoneheadFarker, on 09/12/2008, -1/+5You know...there's a mute button on your computer, eh...
      • scarz99, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1Really a "mute" button? Where is this "button"?
      • BoneheadFarker, on 09/12/2008, -1/+2Ok scarz99...see that little speaker in your System Tray? The little area on the right-hand side of your Taskbar. The Taskbar is that thick blue line at the bottom of your screen with your Start menu on it. Yeah, that area right there. Yes, the area with the little pictures of things. One of those things will look like a little speaker. Yes, it is there, just keep looking. Alright fine, see the little circle on the left side of the little pictures. The one with the little arrow pointing left. Click that. Now do you see the little speaker? Good. OK, click on that. No...not the circle that had arrows pointing right. Click the little circle with the arrows pointing left again. Just trust me. Ok, see the little speaker again? Click on the little speaker. Do you now see a little box with "Mute" next to it? Ok fine, just click on "Mute". Yes, I know...a little check mark appeared. Yes, I know it's not a button. Yes, I know you're disappointed that there's not an actual mute button on your computer anywhere...
      • drakenlot, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1Questions like that show that we earn our money.

        BTW, most laptop keyboards do have a mute button. They are often linked to a function key and another key.
    • OneLess, on 09/12/2008, -1/+4They're too busy developing.
  • davidsmero, on 09/12/2008, -4/+44DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS

    http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE
  • eSentrik, on 09/12/2008, -1/+6Dugg for sad truth.
  • Federbeast, on 09/12/2008, -2/+5I have four words for you: developers, developers, developers, developers!
    • Zdax, on 09/12/2008, -0/+3I. Love. This. Company. YEAHAHARGH!
    • magus_melchior, on 09/12/2008, -0/+2Suddenly I have this urge to toss some office chairs.
  • mecharabbit, on 09/12/2008, -1/+4I didn't realize the plight of developers before now. This is the 21st century version of "How The Other Half Lives".
  • ligyron, on 09/12/2008, -2/+3The kid at the end isn't being paid enough
    • CosmicJustice, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1OK. Just not for you, for your competitor.
  • dthumphreys, on 09/12/2008, -1/+2How true. /Hug the developers/
  • mountainwater, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1Very nice.
  • mediaspree, on 09/12/2008, -3/+23I have to redesign from scratch an entire website that had been agreed to and working on for 2 weeks at 8:30 AM tommorrow for a 10 o' clock sales meeting. This was thrust on me at 4:45 today (work closes its doors at 5:30). Hug a designer today. (tommorrow, really)
    • anagoge, on 09/12/2008, -0/+2Just curious, but if, as you say, it has been agreed to then I would have to assume a contract, stating what you agreed to has been signed by both you/your boss and the client. If such contract has been signed, then you're under no real obligation to redesign anything unless the client is willing to pay for the changes they're asking for.
      • Dested, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1What does that change?

        For the record mediaspree, we developers are infinitely grateful for what you guys do, and how much easier you make our job.
    • drakenlot, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1My company outsourced our latest site re-design because they wanted the re-designed brand a secret from the employees, and make it a surprise at the company meeting.

      Well, when I got to look at the site afterwards, and after it was live, I immediately noticed it didn't work at all for IE and only worked perfectly for FF and having specific extensions installed.

      My boss told me to fix it, causing me to have two weeks of extra work fixing it when it wasn't my problem to begin with.
      He actually went and blamed the problems on me even though I did nothing to the site before then.



      ***** outsourced jackass.
      • mrBitch, on 09/13/2008, -0/+1It's quite possible that the way you brought up your "wow this looks crap in IE" discovery may have something to do with how harshly your boss has treated you...

        Sometimes it's better to be "Wally", than "Dilbert" (especially if your boss shares similar personality traits to the pointy haired one).
  • ThantiK, on 09/12/2008, -0/+3God, the horrors, the flashbacks. No more please! - Thank god I work for myself now. This story really hit home.
  • logicalriot, on 09/12/2008, -1/+15high res version http://www.develop-one.net/blog/2008/08/27/HugADev ...
  • m0zzie, on 09/12/2008, -0/+6thank you to everyone who offered a hug :]

    we appreciate it!
    • iCanHasUsername, on 09/12/2008, -0/+3I don't think you in particular deserve any hugs.

      It's 8.30 on a Friday night and I'm still here revising YOUR code. Then again, I should blame the clients for requiring us to completely idiot proof things.

      "Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool..."
  • Bloodwine, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1Funny video. Wait, I take it back, it'd actually be funny if I couldn't identify with each and every one of those signs.
    Only exception is my daughter. I put her before my code, but that's it. As soon as she hits the hay I'm burning the midnight oil.
    • drakenlot, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1The last one happened to me. We were given the final month to fix the outsourced program that was a seven month project and not even half done.

      I'm damn glad I get paid overtime, since I was in the office til 9pm everyday working on it, and even sometimes on the weekend.
      • Bloodwine, on 09/12/2008, -0/+2Overtime, what's that? :(
      • ManOfVirtues, on 09/16/2008, -0/+1Thats no *****, I can't remember the last time "overtime" was included in a contract.
  • ariGme, on 09/12/2008, -0/+2Exactly what I needed to give the devs a break from programming.

    It was no hug but did my part this morning by telling another project manager to stick it on his made up deadlines and pushed his 48 hours out to 2 weeks...he now calls to "run some things by us" again before promising to clients.
    Makes for a great day.
  • GregFD3S, on 09/12/2008, -0/+21Yes, I am a developer.
    No, I will not fix your computer.
    • FUR10N, on 09/12/2008, -1/+3I have to wear my "No, I will not fix your computer." shirt all the time now b/c of all of the ***** people bring me.
    • drakenlot, on 09/12/2008, -0/+3I'm developer, but my job also entitles mindless IT work since we ARE the closest to an IT department they have.

      By we, I mean three guys in a company of over 70, though about 20 are off-site guys.
    • ManOfVirtues, on 09/16/2008, -0/+1@drakenlot: I have been there man, spent two years in a hell hole similar. Keep looking better jobs await.
  • ScottBrewer, on 09/12/2008, -1/+2I'm not a coder but I love them very much
  • dmark77, on 09/12/2008, -1/+7*Sniff*

    I couldn't code today either. Had to fix the *solution* e-mail system that replaced my Postfix/Cyrus IMAP server..

    I need a hug.
  • GregFD3S, on 09/12/2008, -0/+5"The internet is down."

    No it's not!
  • Dftw, on 09/12/2008, -1/+5honors for the video: #8 - Top Favorited (This Month) - India
  • YesImAChick, on 09/12/2008, -1/+5I haven't gotten any hugs yet :-(
  • BjorkG, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1I love the fact the last guy has 2 signs.
    *hugs* to all the coders out there. You make my life better.
  • zosoIV, on 09/12/2008, -3/+12DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
    • antdude, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1Shut up, Steve Ballmer! Just throw a chair!
  • flarn2006, on 09/12/2008, -9/+2Sequel (even funnier IMHO!) @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2b1D5w82yU
  • revenz, on 09/12/2008, -1/+6"now they're gone and their code is a disaster. We have to fix it and finish what they started"
    that is so true for me, i ***** hate out sourcing...
  • Darkhacker, on 09/12/2008, -2/+21For those who are having trouble reading it (it was kind of hard for me)...

    0:07 - "I am in pain"
    0:13 - "We're 4 months into a 5 month schedule and I just received the final requirements yesterday (and they've changed again!)"
    0:22 - "I spend half my days in meetings about how to get more work done (instead of working)"
    0:31 - "My boss read in a magazine that developers using _____ programming language are twice as productive, so he bought us a copy and cut our schedule in half"
    0:48 - "Every day my boss changes his mind about what we're building"
    0:56 - "People keep asking me to fix their email, so I have no time to code"
    1:00 - "My daddy has no more time for me"
    1:10 - "Some consultants told my boss they could build our next version in half the time, for half the money. He believed them but now they've spent all their budget, used all their time, and... are still only half finished. Now they're gone and their code is a disaster. We have to fix it and finish what they started."
    1:40 - "I just finished an intensive 6 week visual basic course"
  • digjam, on 09/12/2008, -2/+1FTEs, We love you!
    - Consultants.
  • ExRe, on 09/12/2008, -2/+4Please give hugs at this window.

    Beautiful women only please.
  • Marlon, on 09/12/2008, -2/+7i cried i laughed i cried again
  • Studio66, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1HaHa. I can definitely relate to the "fixing email" sign.
  • gunwolf, on 09/12/2008, -0/+5i. am. in. the. wrong. industry.

  • newsomer, on 09/12/2008, -2/+2Requirements? We don't need no steenking requirements. Ad hoc all the way . . .
    • antdude, on 09/12/2008, -2/+2No wonder your products suck. :P
    • dazparkour, on 09/12/2008, -0/+2Balmer? Is that you?
    • drakenlot, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1Holy crap, YOU are the guy who was here before me!

      I hate you and your ***** up code that makes no sense, has no comments, and barely does anything beyond crash the computer.
  • grantmoore3d, on 09/12/2008, -2/+2Okay, I know this is true from experience, but half of these problems come from developers not sticking up for their selves and making their skill-set and expertise clear enough. You wouldn't hire a plumber and then tell him to put a toilet on the roof would you? No, because he'd call you an idiot.
  • danielrichard, on 09/12/2008, -0/+2Lol. The title alone is worth the digg
  • JerodSlay, on 09/12/2008, -0/+2Can one of you fix my computer? It's making a clicking noise..... Thanks
    • knubo, on 09/12/2008, -0/+3Sure.

      Disconnect the computer from the power socket. The clicking sound will go away.

      HTH HAND

      Knubo
    • dazparkour, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1Remove power cable.

      Suck power cable.

      Yours,

      BOFH.
  • diabolicedict, on 09/12/2008, -0/+6"Late requirements" and "Time waster meetings", so true.
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