The Daily WTF

Bruce worked for a small engineering consultant firm providing custom software solutions for companies in the industrial sector. His project for CompanyX involved data consolidation for a new oil well monitoring system. It was a two-phased approach: Phase 1 was to get the raw instrument data into the cloud, and Phase 2 was to aggregate that data into a useful format.

Phase 1 was completed successfully. When it came time to write the business logic for aggregating the data, CompanyX politely informed Bruce’s team that their new in-house software team would take over from here.

Bruce and his team smelled trouble. They did everything they could think of to persuade CompanyX not to go it alone when all the expertise rested on their side. However, CompanyX was confident they could handle the job, parting ways with handshakes and smiles.

Although Phase 2 was officially no longer on his plate,

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