(items in italics are direct quotes)
He thought we were hiring an architect.
We thought we were hiring a plumber.
J: …and here’s the busted water heater.
C: Yeah, that’s a mess. I’m going to build you a new house.
J: No, we like the house, there’s just some overdue maintenance work that we don’t have time to do ourselves. Small family, really busy.
C: Nobody builds them like this any more. If you want the cool kids to hang out with you, you need the shiny new thing, and that means replacing all of your tools and appliances.
J: This is all name-brand stuff from major vendors, that we have years of experience working with. You’ll be gone in three months, but we’ll be using it for years.
C: embedding into old systems is a) work and b) irrelevant to my career goals
J’s manager’s manager: problem solved.
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