Project from Hell (2008)

#1

Post by pavel_lishin » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 3:33 PM UTC

Project from Hell (2008)
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Re: Project from Hell (2008)

#2

Post by lainga » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 4:20 PM UTC

Doing a first checkout requires taking an appointment with the version control team, usually granted a week later. Editing files is not permitted without authorization from middle management.

Ah, I recognize this. It is a special level beyond workplace hell, Tokugawa shogunate hell, where the entire organization is structured to provide as much busywork for as many superfluous management layers as possible. Fifteen porters for every samurai...

Re: Project from Hell (2008)

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Post by VMG » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 4:24 PM UTC

> Versioning is simple. Old software is version 1, today’s software is version 2, software in the future is version 3. Nobody can actually tell which version has been delivered to the customer.

Many such cases

Re: Project from Hell (2008)

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Post by mpweiher » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 4:24 PM UTC

And there are people who claim performance doesn't matter, only correctness does. Hmm..

Also: we chose C++, because it is fast.

Re: Project from Hell (2008)

#5

Post by rhapsodic » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 4:25 PM UTC

>Average turn-over for the newcomers: 3 months, the legal time to leave your job in France.

Can someone explain the meaning of this? I think something got lost in translation.

Re: Project from Hell (2008)

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 4:26 PM UTC

VMG wrote: post #3

> Versioning is simple. Old software is version 1, today’s software is version 2, software in the future is version 3. Nobody can actually tell which version has been delivered to the customer. Many such cases

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Re: Project from Hell (2008)

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Post by sodapopcan » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 4:27 PM UTC

rhapsodic wrote: post #5

>Average turn-over for the newcomers: 3 months, the legal time to leave your job in France. Can someone explain the meaning of this? I think something got lost in translation.

I took it as you aren’t allowed to quit until you’ve been somewhere for three months.

Re: Project from Hell (2008)

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Post by neuromantik8086 » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 4:27 PM UTC

rhapsodic wrote: post #5

>Average turn-over for the newcomers: 3 months, the legal time to leave your job in France. Can someone explain the meaning of this? I think something got lost in translation.

You have to work for 3 months before you can quit an employer in France. It's not "at-will". At least that's how I interpreted it, and given France's stronger labor laws I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case.

Re: Project from Hell (2008)

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Post by mpweiher » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 4:28 PM UTC

rhapsodic wrote: post #5

>Average turn-over for the newcomers: 3 months, the legal time to leave your job in France. Can someone explain the meaning of this? I think something got lost in translation.

That would be the notice period. Germany is similar, it tends to be 6 weeks to the end of the quarter, and it generally applies to both employee and employer. Though it often isn't quite as applicable to the employee...what are they going to do if you don't show up, fire you?

Re: Project from Hell (2008)

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Post by baud147258 » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 4:28 PM UTC

Regarding this part:

"they had to pay soon for Free Software. None of them ever mentions ‘Software Libre’, but they all know about ‘Software Gratuit’. "

In French, we have two word for Free: Libre is for free as in free speech and gratuit is for free as in free beer.