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Post by tanepiper » Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 5:19 PM UTC

Post by bityard » Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 5:22 PM UTC

DowsingSpoon wrote: post #137

magicalhippo wrote: post #52

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We do something similar at work. Except usually the dev department doesn't know until handed the project from sales and so the project goals might be entirely unrealistic given the deadline. What do you mean that feature doesn't exist? Well, I sold it to the customer, they have to go live in two weeks and their workflow depends on this feature.

While I've fortunately never had this happen to me, I'd be tempted to say something like, "Wow. Well, I sure hope you don't get fired over this. Good luck. We'll scope it out and let you know how much time we'll need."

Post by scosman » Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 5:37 PM UTC

Post by jimkleiber » Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 5:41 PM UTC

abpavel wrote: post #31

jimkleiber wrote: post #26

Why not connect it to drop shipping and actually make the things?

Because the difference between a prototype and production is 99%

Post by dingnuts » Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 5:41 PM UTC

bityard wrote: post #173

DowsingSpoon wrote: post #137

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While I've fortunately never had this happen to me, I'd be tempted to say something like, "Wow. Well, I sure hope you don't get fired over this. Good luck. We'll scope it out and let you know how much time we'll need."

Maybe they exist but I haven't worked in a company yet that wouldn't fire an engineer or manager for refusing to implement a feature that some salescritter already sold. One of them made the company money (on paper, sure) while the other is threatening to undo the deal. It's not hard to guess which one the c-suites would send packing first.