Project from Hell (2008)

Post by rukuu001 » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 2:11 AM UTC

recursive wrote: post #68

commandlinefan wrote: post #53

> “C++ for dummies” on many people’s desks. Surprised they didn't get fired for reading/learning at work when you're paid to be programming all the time. Although I've never been fired for reading at work, I've had it made clear on multiple occasions at different jobs that reading wouldn't be tolerated, and I was already down a couple of strikes.

What in the actual fuck? I can't fathom how this would even theoretically work. Like people ostensibly would just memorize every api and library they might ever have to use in advance?

Post by andrewflnr » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 2:37 AM UTC

maxxxxx wrote: post #23

baud147258 wrote: post #10

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.

Same in German. It's a quirk of English that free as in freedom and free as in no cost are the same word.

Post by andrewflnr » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 2:47 AM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #114

andrewflnr wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, we do have the word "liberty" in English, too. Maybe it's more that one meaning for a word and one word for a meaning just aren't enough for us.

> Well, we do have the word "liberty" in English, too But no commonly-used adjective form of that noun.

Post by wirrbel » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 4:11 AM UTC

ordinaryperson wrote: post #93

cpeterso wrote: post #49

So what was the ultimate fate of the project? The 2018 follow-up post [1] says the boss was jailed for fraud, but doesn't say whether the project eventually shipped or was killed (or, even worse, is still in development). [1] https://projectfailures.wordpress.com/2018/03/24/follow-up-o...

My best guess is the article referred to Louvois, France's attempt to build a military payment system. An article in French about it: https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/secrets-d-info/secrets-... In 2018 it still does not exist. The French government has decided to try again, awarding the contract to the same company.

Post by Sharlin » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 5:33 AM UTC

brazzy wrote: post #58

1ris wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Germany it is hard to fire somebody. Almost nobody works as consultant, and consultants are not normal job positions.

Bullshit. I've worked as a consultant in Germany for 13 years, and pretty much every large project has consultants in it, often half the developers are consultants. IBM, T-Systems, Capgemini and accenture each have around 5000 people doing software consulting, and there'S hundreds if not thousands of smaller consultancies.