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Monday January 02,
2017
Programming Environment
Tags productivity, programmer, engineer, developer, engineering
Transcript
Boss: Did you finish writing the software? Dilbert: No. I spent the last three days setting up my programming environment. Boss: So... you've done... nothing? Dilbert: Nothing you'd understand.
Tuesday January 03,
2017
Technical Debt
Tags deadline, stress, pressure, coding, programmer, mistake, technology
Transcript
Boss: Did you finish the software yet? Dilbert: No, I'm still paying off the technical debt from the last programmer you rushed. Boss: I don't know what that means. Dilbert: Well, that explains a lot.
Wednesday January 04,
2017
Ruining Dilbert's Flow
Tags stress, deadline, work load, multitask, compensation, money
Transcript
Boss: I'm giving you another software project to work on at the same time as your main project. Dilbert: That will ruin my flow. It will take too long to reset my brain when I switch between projects. Boss: Have you tried working longer hours without extra pay? Dilbert: Yes I have!
Thursday January 05,
2017
Boss Needs One Minute
Tags attention, developer, distraction, frustration
Transcript
Boss: Do you have a minute? Dilbert: Yes. But I don't have the fifteen minutes it will take me to get back into the coding "zone" after your interruption. Boss: I only need one minute. Dilbert: What planet are you from?
Friday January 06,
2017
It Sounded Like Feng Shui
Tags managers, obliviousness, distraction, attention
Transcript
Boss: Why haven't you finished writing the software? Dilbert: Because each of your interruptions took me out of the zone and turned a simple task into a nightmare. Catbert: What did he mean by that? Boss: It sounded like some sort of feng shui.
Saturday January 07,
2017
Boss Thought Of It First
Monday January 09,
2017
Punishment By Talking
Tags deadline, time, time management, managers, perspective
Transcript
Boss: Why is your project taking so long? Dilbert; It isn't. It only seems like a long time to you because you don't know how to do anything. Boss: I know how to punish you for being late. Dilbert: Does it involve talking to me while I'm trying to work?
Tuesday January 10,
2017
Ted Is Doing A Terrible Job
Tags talking, conversation, boring, annoy, quitting, boredom
Transcript
Boss: Ted is doing a terrible job. Catbert: Maybe you should talk to him. Boss: What should I say? Catbert: It doesn't matter. Five minutes of listening to you will make him want to quit. Boss: That's crazy enough to work. Catbert: You've only been here for two minutes and my tail is asleep.
Wednesday January 11,
2017
Coaching Ted
Tags quitting, fired, annoy, irritate, drive away, repel
Transcript
Boss: Ted, you have not performed up to my expectations, so I thought I would spend more time coaching you. I'll be with you every minute of the day. Ted: I quit! Catbert: I told you that would work. Boss: I didn't want to believe it.

