Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

More slideware than software IP

Altho i hv no stats, i expect we produce more slides on a daily basis than we do lines of code that actually build us any sort of IP.

And what's depressing is that most of the slideware is just rehash, update, and repackaging of the same old cr-p.

I'm one of the thousands of slide jockey here, so the irony of this post isn't lost on me but hey, tomorrow is another new week in which I'll do the same old sh-t as I've for the past many years.


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Yeah, I was a sr mgr at Dell and pretty much all we did were slides. I have a similar role at another company now and haven't created a single slide. Pretty nice.

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I can confirm. Many of pur products still run 9n base code from the 1980s. When a security vulnerability or other flaw with a piece of code is identified we just add bits that deactivate or fence off the vulnerablility/problematic lines of code instead of actually the problem.

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