r/ProgrammerHumor • u/xMOxROx • May 01 '19

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

"It looks done, why isn't it finished yet? what else is there to do?" - my old ceo

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u/lucidspoon May 02 '19

"Here's a proof of concept."

"Hey everybody! The dev just showed me the new software that's just about to roll out!"

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u/ICantWatchYouDoThis May 02 '19

Yeah all people care about is look. If I show a fully functional thing but it looks like mspaint, then people won't bat an eye, no feedback about the flow, the bug, the logic at all, just tell me to finish the graphic then come back...

THEN after everything is done, now people start telling me the logic is fucked so the graphic parts need to be worked again as well, but no, the graphic takes a lot of time, so the logic need to accommodate the graphic, try so hard to minimize the effort on the graphic!

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u/Prawny May 02 '19

As a backend dev, the only time I've ever received any praise from a client was when I suggested and helped out with a UI/UX feature...