Office Space
The Dot-com days are over and done with. I know that, everyone else knows that. Sometimes, web development in the corporate life still needs some getting used to. Let’s flashback to four months ago, for example:
Project Manager: Hey Ernie, we need a splash screen done.
Ernie:You know, I do other things besides graphic pick-up jobs. I am skilled in interface design and programming and mid-to-backend integration and…Sure.
PM: Great. Can you meet in the conference room for a 90 minute meeting?
Ernie: No prob… wait. 90 minutes? It’s a splash screen.
PM: *shrug* Feh.
I would write about the meeting in a sarcastic and humorous way, but trust me, there was absolutely nothing worth writing about. (That, and it’s illegal for me to discuss proprietary information.) Just imagine seven people arguing over what four letter acronym should be used in the splash screen description, and whether or not exclamation points should be used in each sentence. After two hours of heated discussion on what color the logo should be, I go back to my cubicle and crank something out. Total elapsed time: 45 minutes.
Now, let’s jump to a couple of weeks ago.
Ernie: Hey, I just realized that the splash screen I created wasn’t in the new release.
PM: Oh yeah. It was cut. The documents group didn’t have time to write a technical specification on it.
Ernie: It’s a splash screen. A logo with shiny graphic bullet points and a swoosh thingie. What kind of documentation do you need?
PM: *shrug* Feh.
Sometimes, I’d feel more at use in this company if I just went from cubicle to cubicle, pouring coffee for everyone. Coffee?
