Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 20th March 2016

Dilbert//9836, first published ten years ago on Sunday 20th March 2016

Tags

technology, coding, code, control, efficiency, purpose, job, red tape, business

Official transcript

Mordac: Step away from that open source code! Dilbert: Why? Mordac: Because I am Mordac, The Preventer of All Efficient Solutions in the Information Technology Realm. Dilbert: That isn't an actual job. Mordac: I was hoping it was. I lost the file with my job description. That was five years ago. I've been winging it since then. My parents taught me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I wanted to be this. So don't use that code! Dilbert: Not even when you turn around?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

STEP AWAY FROM THAT OPEN SOURCE CODE!

WHY?

BECAUSE I AM MORDAC, THE PREVENTER OF ALL EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REALM.

THAT ISN'T AN ACTUAL JOB.

I WAS HOPING IT WAS. I LOST THE FILE WITH MY JOB DESCRIPTION.

THAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. IVE BEEN WINGING IT SINCE THEN.

MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME THAT I COULD BE ANYTHING I WANTED TO BE.

AND I WANTED TO BE THIS DON'T USE THAT CODE!

NOT EVEN WHEN YOU TURN AROUND?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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