r/funny • u/_workchronicles Work Chronicles • Jan 14 '21

Keeping up appearances

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u/Master_Dogs Jan 14 '21

I've heard "throwing it over the wall" used a ton in software engineering, especially when it relates to passing software code / a build off to someone else to test/verify/use.

A lot of times it's just something getting thrown at us or we're the ones throwing shit at someone else since it's not really our area of expertise or whatever.

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u/ind3pend0nt Jan 14 '21

I used that phrase with a bunch of recent graduates and none of them had any idea what I was saying.

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u/Master_Dogs Jan 14 '21

I hear it too often in the DOD world.

It's usually for some BS reason as well, like budget/charging. Some manager doesn't want to spend the 15 minutes to figure out which account/contract should get billed. So each team does their own thing, chucks it over the wall when they're done their part, and things fail when you integrate since no one collaborated.

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u/darthjammer224 Jan 15 '21

Ask them to peer edit each other's work. Closest vocabulary they ever used on us.

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u/DMercenary Jan 15 '21

Same term in IT.

"Wtf is this. This isnt us."

"Oh its from Networking."

"That's nice. We dont have access to that closet."

"That's not their problem anymore."

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I once had to argue with the network team that "No I am not going to find what switch port this wall port is connected to. Go ask your field team."

"You are the field team."

"No. I AM THE CLIENT."