Ivanovna is God

[ironymaiden]

team: build this thing!

me: this thing will not work the way you wish it would. this is why, this is what I would change to get what you desire.

team: the thing! the thing!

me: okay, I will build it to your specifications with some stale production data in staging so that you can see it.

team: oh! you did exactly what we asked for, and it's terrible.

me: yes, it is.

Comments

"what do you want?"

[buhrger]

and did you then change it to get what they desire?

Re: "what do you want?"

[ironymaiden]

i've offered a couple options.

now they must show it to the bossman, so that he can also see that it doesn't work like he imagined. then he will decide what he wants. i will try to not roll my eyes.