Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 4th May 2008

Dilbert//6959, first published eighteen years ago on Sunday 4th May 2008

Tags

lead developer project setting up for failure gets cancelled motions hoping for cancellation

Official transcript

The Boss says, "Dilbert, I want you to the be lead developer on this project."

The Boss says, "Don't check the other developers' work because it will make them angry."

Dilbert says, "That's okay, as long as they do good work."

The Boss says, "Actually, they do bad work. Very, very bad work."

Dilbert says, "You are setting me up for certain failure."

The Boss says, "If work were easy, no one would pay you to do it."

Dilbert says, "Okay. I'll go through the motions while hoping the project gets canceled for other reasons."

Dilbert says, "Keep up the bad work, Carl."

Carl says, "Who told you?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

, I WANT YOU TO BE THE LEAD DEVELOPER ON THIS PROJECT.

DON'T CHECK THE OTHER DEVELOPERS' WORK BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE THEM ANGRY.

THAT'S OKAY, AS LONG AS THEY DO GOOD WORK.

ACTUALLY, THEY DO BAD WORK.

VERY, VERY BAD WORK.

YOU ARE SETTING ME UP FOR CERTAIN FAILURE.

IF WORK WERE EASY, NO ONE WOULD PAY YOU TO DO IT.

OKAY. I'LL GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS WHILE HOPING THE PROJECT GETS CANCELED FOR OTHER REASONS.

KEEP UP THE BAD WORK, CARL.

WHO TOLD YOU?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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