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With experience, you understand that the task "can 9 women give birth to a child in a month" hides (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Is this a reference to https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/583:_CNR?

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[–] TuEstUnePommeDeTerre@lemmy.blahaj.zone 74 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It's an old joke that a project manager is a person who thinks 9 women can deliver a baby in 1 month.

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Of course, I just meant the last part

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[–] borokov@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Initial reference in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month.

Good book to read BTW. Explain lots of organizational issues we have today.

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I was just referring to the last part

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago

I don't think so.

It's just taking the joke another step in that there was no requirement for a baby in the first place, so making one in one month is still stupid.

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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Lol that's a good one

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