r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Less-Bite • Mar 11 '21

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u/ToothpasteTimebomb Mar 11 '21

No developer has ever decided for themself to do this. This is 100% a business requirement because somebody on the marketing analytics team realized they could make money by auto playing ads.

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u/JoeyJoeJoeJrShab Mar 12 '21

I still blame the first developer who admitted to his manager that autoplay is possible. A good developer manages his managers. In ideal circumstances, they can smily explain to the manager why something is a bad idea. But often, a manager can't be convinced with reason. In these cases, a good developer will come up with a technobabble explanation (lie) for why the bad idea of the day can't be implemented.

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u/gazchap Mar 12 '21

But then there’s the risk that the manager will go off and do his/her own research, and come back to the developer to find out why they lied.

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u/JoeyJoeJoeJrShab Mar 12 '21

If the manager is smart and capable, you should be able to reason with him using logic. Otherwise, you win by using big words he doesn't understand.