Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 2nd March 2009

Dilbert//7261, first published seventeen years ago on Monday 2nd March 2009

Tags

meeting presentation misdirection confused business

Official transcript

Director of Marketecture Director of Marketecture says, "It is better to seem good than to be good."

Being Good (overrated) Director of Marketecture says, "A misleading benchmark test can accomplish in minutes what years of good engineering can never do."

Alice says, "Is it our maturity that makes that concept sound okay?"

Dilbert says, "I hope so."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DIRECTOR OF MARKETECTURE IT IS BETTER TO SEEM GOOD THAN TO BE GOOD.

BEING GOOD (OVERRATED) A MISLEADING BENCHMARK TEST CAN ACCOMPLISH IN MINUTES WHAT YEARS OF GOOD ENGINEERING CAN NEVER DO.

IS IT OUR MATURITY THAT MAKES THAT CONCEPT SOUND OKAY?

I HOPE SO.

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