Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 28th November 2014
Dilbert//9358, first published twelve years ago on Friday 28th November 2014
How You Should Have Engineered It
Tags
criticism, engineering, pessimism
Official transcript
Dilbert: Let's skip to the part where I tell you how you should have engineered it instead of whatever you did. Coworker: You don't know what I did. Dilbert: I have five minutes to pretend that matters. Coworker: That's all I need.
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
LET'S SKIP TO THE PART WHERE I TELL YOU HOW YOU SHOULD HAVE ENGINEERED IT INSTEAD OF WHATEVER YOU DID.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID.
I HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO PRETEND THAT MATTERS.
THAT'S ALL I NEED.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
Title: "The Art of Pretending"
Summary:
- A man, likely an engineer, is being questioned about his work.
- He responds by pretending to have done nothing, claiming he has only five minutes to pretend that matters.
- The conversation highlights the absurdity of the situation, where the engineer is more concerned with saving face than actually accomplishing anything.
- The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of people pretending to be more productive or competent than they actually are.
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