oh, lord, that was rough. This one guy would NOT let me give my damn presentation on the work I had done. He kept interjecting and criticizing my design and everything. This is the same guy who insisted I show the database portion BEFORE I showed the actual program, so the other people I was showing it to were, of course, all "wtf?" as I'm trying to explain how the database works and is designed.

This guy handed the program off to me to maintain, so go figure. Recently, the customer came up to me and said that we needed to change the program to .NET from vb6 because of internal computer security changes (and the customer is right about that). So, basically, I've had to rewrite the program, obviously. Doesn't make sense to just copy it to work w/ .NET, especially since the customer introduced new requirements that the current program and database backend just can't handle.

I finally had to tell the guy who kept interrupting me "look, I appreciate your input, but you are derailing my demonstration. What you are talking about is all design-related stuff. I'm trying to show how I did it. If you think you can do a better job, then do it, and show it to me at a later date. But right now we need to move on..." This guy isn't my superior or anything, but was that too harsh to say? Any other thing I could have said that wouldn't have been rude?

8/21/2008 6:58:17 PM

personally i think you weren't rude enough. fuck that guy.

8/21/2008 7:00:03 PM

nah, it's not rude

in terms of presentations, it's the 'norm' to let the person finish presenting, and then ask questions and/or comment.

[Edited on August 21, 2008 at 7:04 PM. Reason : just pass it off as penis envy, and move on with your life]

8/21/2008 7:03:55 PM

Quote :

"WORDS ON SCREEN"

8/21/2008 7:06:31 PM

The other people at the presentation probably did a mental fist-pump when you said that, dude.

8/21/2008 7:27:44 PM

sounds like he was trying to show off by asking technical questions. you gotta stomp on the haters somtimes.

8/21/2008 7:31:56 PM

TWW is not a blog

8/21/2008 7:54:22 PM

He was obviously challenging your manhood.


You should have backhanded him across his face and stood gloating over him as he fell backwards in his chair to the floor.

8/21/2008 7:56:12 PM