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Just been sent this... (you might guess I'm not in IT)

A tourist went into a pet shop in London and started browsing around.
After a few minutes a man walked in the pet shop and said to the shopkeeper,
"I'll have one of your C monkey's please."
The shopkeeper nodded, went over to a cage at the side of the shop and took out a monkey. Fitting a collar and leash, the
shopkeeper handed it to the customer, saying,
"That'll be £5,000."
The customer paid and walked out with his monkey.
Startled, the tourist went over to the shopkeeper and said,
"That was a very expensive monkey. They usually cost only a few hundred dollars. Why did this one cost so much?"
The shopkeeper answered.
"Ah, that monkey can program in C - very fast, tight code, no bugs, well worth the money."
The tourist looked at the monkey in another cage.
"That one's even more expensive! £10,000! What can that one do?"
"Oh, that one's a C++ monkey; it can manage object-oriented programming, Visual C++, even some Java. All the really useful stuff,"
said the shopkeeper.
The tourist looked around for a little longer and saw a third monkey in a cage of its own. The price tag around its neck read £50,000.
Stunned, he turned to the shopkeeper,
"That one costs more than all the others put together! What on earth does it do?"
The shopkeeper replied,

"Well, I haven't actually seen it do anything, but it says it's a project manager."


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Chris L

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As an IT guy for nearly 10 years - I could'nt possibly comment....

Carolyn T-S any thoughts

Markus

hmm, sounds like a perfect description of me but I'm not a project manager, just Senior Support Technician, which I guess equates to being a monkey!

Jerome

And the monkey that costs £200,000 does something in marketing...

Jerome.

Carolyn T-S

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Well I suppose you think thats funny ! I would have replied earlier but I have been really busy this week;

updating project plans; identifying a few risks; jollying it up with suppliers; whipping the butts of lazy developers; attending lots of meetings; slapping the business - I mean identifying what the business really want from IT; oh and justifying my huge salary to the executive

Come to think of it you are quite right i've been doing bu**er all. Mind you I wouldn't trade my job with anyone, until the **** hits the fan..............but then again I just blame the Business for not defining their requirements..........excellent job!!

Edited coz apparently IT Project Managers can't spell !

[This message has been edited by Carolyn T-S (edited 16 November 2000).]

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How did I guess that's what went on? Just the same things went on in a previous company I worked for - IT boss got out early so he wouldn't be taken under when the sh*t did hit the fan.

Do you all pray to St. Dilbert every morning for guidance?

I must be getting drawn closer to the IT "ideals" at times as I'm understanding more of the Dilbert strips.

I'm an engineer (mechanical) but have to talk to IT every so often. Did someone say necessary evil? (Flame suit at the ready)

BTW no offence meant to anybody in particular - I'm claiming innocence, as being a newbie, I can't put names to faces / people to jobs.

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Carolyn T-S

None taken - definitely a dossy job though

JC

Dilbert is real life...i see it every day