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submitted 4 months ago by raindrop1988@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

Manager: We (meaning you) need to do task A. How long will it take?

Me: Task A will take X days to do.

Manager: That seems awful long.

Me: How long do you think it should take?

Manager: It surely could not take any longer than Y days.

Me: Ok, it seems you have an answer to your question then.

Later:

Manager: It’s been Y days, why isn’t task A done yet?

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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Brb, hiring more wifes so our baby takes less than nine months to come

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Luckily software development is not pregnancy.

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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Yes, but not all time related problems are man power limited. Bottle necks come in many shapes and sizes

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

And manglement causes many of those.

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[–] filtoid@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 months ago

It's a reference to The Mythical Man Month and (I believe) one of the parables told inside:

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