Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 22nd February 2017

Dilbert//10175, first published nine years ago on Wednesday 22nd February 2017

How Long For New Feature

Tags

laziness, excuse, legacy, deception, engineer, programmer, engineering

Official transcript

Tina: How long would it take to add that feature to the legacy system? Wally: That depends. When will the new system replace the legacy system? Tina: In six months. Wally: The new feature would take seven months.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO ADD THAT FEATURE TO THE LEGACY SYSTEM?

THAT DEPENDS.

WHEN WILL THE NEW SYSTEM REPLACE THE LEGACY SYSTEM?

IN SIX MONTHS.

THE NEW FEATURE WOULD TAKE SEVEN MONTHS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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