Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 19th January 2020

Dilbert//11236, first published six years ago on Sunday 19th January 2020

Master Engineer

Tags

managers & supervisors, promotion, master, senior, engineer, more, pay, platinum, optimism

Official transcript

boss: i'm promoting you to the position of "master engineer."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'M PROMOTING YOU TO THE POSITION OF "MASTER ENGINEER." I'M ALREADY A SENIOR ENGINEER.

NOW YOU'RE A MASTER ENGINEER.

WITH ALL OF THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH IT.

SUCH AS. ..?

WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN DO MORE KINDS OF WORK.

FOR MORE PAY?

NO, NO, NO!

YOU'RE THINKING OF "PLATINUM LEVEL" ENGINEERS. YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THOSE.

THAT COMES NEXT?!

OPTIMISM IS NOT AN ATTRACTIVE QUALITY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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