The car from hell...

I would love to have this job of wordsmithing completely cryptic error messages in software.

Developer: "This error means the fuel pump is wearing out."
Marketing Director: "No, no. We need something with more finesse. Something that pops! I'm thinking more along the lines of 'The signal for the pressure sensor for the low-pressure fuel circuit is implausible.' I like that word. I rarely get to use it in a sentence."

That’s funny. Sometimes when dealing with customers on a prior project I’ll let them go on and on about how their control systems and touch panels work. They can get pretty elaborate in their “explanations”!

After awhile of letting them talk, I’ll just say, “No. that’s not how that works.”

Customer: “How do you know?”

Me: “I wrote the code.”

Customer: [Silence]
 
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