Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 11th December 2003

Dilbert//5353, first published 23 years ago on Thursday 11th December 2003

Tags

insincere optimism artificial sense of urgency delusion work for challenge not money good ideas sound bad

Official transcript

I'm developing an insincere optimism to complement my artificial sense of urgency.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'M DEVELOPING AN INSINCERE OPTIMISM TO COMPLEMENT MY ARTIFICIAL SENSE OF URGENCY.

I HOPE TO TOP IT OFF WITH A DELUSION THAT I WORK FOR THE CHALLENGE AND NOT THE MONEY.

HOW CAN YOU MAKE GOOD IDEAS SOUND SO BAD?

I'M AN ENGINEER.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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