Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 22nd April 2012

Dilbert//8408, first published fourteen years ago on Sunday 22nd April 2012

Tags

being a jerk big picture breaking up tasks emotionally gutted engineer engineers individual tasks losing will to live meetings personal life project plan rational plan sense of purpose engineering

Official transcript

Boss: Any comments on the project plan? Dilbert: When you consider all of the tasks together, they form a rational plan. But our individual tasks are so far removed from the big picture that they are stripped of meaning. You've managed to remove all sense of purpose from my life. On an intellectual level, I understand the benefits of breaking tasks into small chunks. But you've left me emotionally gutted. As I read your plan, I'm losing my will to live. Boss: Can't you find meaning in your personal life? Tina: He's an engineer. Dilbert: Now you're just being a jerk.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ANY COMMENTS ON THE PROJECT PLAN?

WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL OF THE TASKS TOGETHER, THEY FORM A RATIONAL PLAN.

BUT OUR INDIVIDUAL TASKS ARE SO FAR REMOVED FROM THE BIG PICTURE THAT THEY ARE STRIPPED OF MEANING.

YOU'VE MANAGED TO REMOVE ALL SENSE OF PURPOSE FROM MY LIFE.

ON AN INTELLECTUAL LEVEL, I UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS OF BREAKING TASKS INTO SMALL CHUNKS.

BUT YOUVE LEFT ME EMOTIONALLY GUTTED. AS I READ YOUR PLAN, I'M LOSING MY WILL TO LIVE.

CAN'T YOU FIND MEANING IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE?

HE'S AN ENGINEER NOW YOU'RE JUST BEING A JERK.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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