NOTE FROM KIM:

The latest industry trend has been
to outsource projects to companies
overseas, where labor is cheaper.

The Top 8 Signs Your
Computer Project Has Been Outsourced

8> Conference calls are now held at 3:30 a.m.

7> The source code is beautifully written and easy to understand, but the programmer’s comments are completely unintelligible.

6> Your pay has been cut by 90% and your commute increased by 27 hours. Each way.

5> Finally, your mastery of spoken Klingon comes in handy!

4> Donald Trump has been training upper management to properly perform the “you’re fired” hand gesture.

3> Old project name: Financial Management Suite. New project name: Imperialist Running Dog Capitalist Oppression Suite.

2> The boss stops urging you to think outside the box and now instructs you to put all your personal items into a box.

and the Number 1 Sign Your Computer Project Has Been
Outsourced…

1> Instead of “Press any key to continue,” the program prompts, “You are please to make depressing keystroke of no consequential choice!”

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Credits:

Selected from 36 submissions from 14 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 1
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 2
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 3, 7
Mike Klauss, Richmond Heights, OH — 4
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 5, 6
Marshall Gatten, Glendale, CA — 7
Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic