in reply to OT: Why Hackers dont do well in Corporate World

after the hacker spend all morning writting an automation script.

'Yeah, just show another characteristic of yours' the boss

'oh, what's that? efficiency?' hacker smiles

'no, laziness' the boss

'Arghhhhh' the hacker

i read that on a cartoon series. but forgot which one. somehow fit in the perl programmer 3 virtues. ;0

Update thanks, sheme. :)

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by shenme (Priest) on Jun 11, 2005 at 04:37 UTC
    Dilbert Daily Comic 2005-05-29:

    Dilbert: Can I show you something that I'm proud of?
    Dilbert: I just automated a task that used to take me three hours.
    Boss: Well, well, well isn't that just like you?
    Dilbert: Resourceful?
    Boss: Lazy.

    see the cartoon - the followup is ... painful.

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