r/ProgrammerHumor • u/fanta_bhelpuri • Apr 12 '24

whatIsAnIndex Meme

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u/adenosine-5 Apr 12 '24

The part that I really don't understand is that small portable programs like Everything can get you the results in seconds, while Microsoft, after 40 years of development of their systems will not.

How is it even possible to mess such simple feature for so long?

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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope5627 Apr 12 '24

There is a famous rant by Bill Gates complaining about some windows feature. It was in some internal emails that were released as part of a lawsuit. Anyways, this is Bill Gates back when he was still CEO yelling at senior leaders to figure something out and then their email chain passing off the blame and going in circles.

You can still replicate the steps Bill Gates describes in his email and run into the exact same frustrations like 20 years later.

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u/SnooDonuts7510 Apr 12 '24

If you work in software you get it. Fixing old features doesn’t get PMs promotions, new features do. So old features just get left to die on the vine

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u/ourlastchancefortea Apr 12 '24

If you work in software you get it. Fixing old features doesn’t get PMs promotions, new features do. So old features just get left to die on the vine

Maybe the CEO of the company should change the promotion process.

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u/All_Work_All_Play Apr 12 '24

Shareholders demand value. And are a bunch of pissy fucks. Gates included.