Writing on the wall

Profound perspectives on mundane happenings, smattered with a helping of humour.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Similarities

Look at the similarities between the two fields:
  • You don't need to be qualified for the job.
  • Even if you have the appropriate qualification, it does not guarantee that your work will be better than others'.
  • Normally, womenfolk don't run the show.
  • You normally do your job with poor planning, missed deadlines and alarming cost overruns.
  • Even if your product has many flaws, people will still want it.
  • End-users will complain, but will come back for more of the same nonsense.
  • On occasions when the product flops, blame the disaster on the rest of the team, disassemble the team and start a new team to repeat the same mistakes.
  • The point is how well your end-user is impressed with your song & dance, rather than the core feature.
Otherwise, the only difference between movies and IT is that, in the latter, the good guy doesn't get the girl in the end.