The Daily WTF

The CEO of Delia‘s company retired. They were an old hand in the industry, the kind of person who worked their way up and had an engineering background, and while the staff loved them, the shareholders were less than pleased, because the company was profitable, but not obscenely so. So the next CEO was a McKinsey-approved MBA who had one mission: cut costs.

Out went the senior devs, and much of the managers. Anyone who was product or customer focused followed quickly behind. What remained were a few managers handpicked by the new CEO and a slew of junior engineers- and Pierre.

Pierre was a contractor who followed the new CEO around from company to company. Pierre was there to ensure that nobody wasted any time on engineering that didn’t directly impact features. Tests? Wastes of time. Module boundaries? Just slow you down. Move fast and break things, and don’t

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