Developers are from Mars, Managers are from Venus: A Practical Guide for
Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your IT Department

Once upon a time Martians and Venusians were made to work with each other,
not initially realizing they were from different planets. Then reality set
in and they realized they had different internal goals and motivations.
Their overall goal should have been the same, and at one time was, but
internal conflicts and goals set them against each other. Worse yet, they
did not realize the spoke different languages. When a developer spoke, he
spoke in a language that the manager thought he understood, but he really
heard something different, and vice versa.

Ok, pun over - I think you get the idea. If you did not get the pun, you can
check here.

This is certainly a topic that could fill a book, but for now I will focus
on the lighter side and provide some insight to what a manager hears when a
developer says certain phrases, and what the developer really means, and in
some cases vice versa. I have tried to take equal liberties with both
developers and managers. Have fun!

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/MarsVenus.asp

--
Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
"Programming is an art form that fights back"

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