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Re:I suspect many task deadlines are designed to force engin... by robocat on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @06:16PM (#24498637)
Often this video processing software wasn’t ready by the Superbowl, and this electronic voting software wasn’t completed by election day.

You don’t get sacked, you just get to work on the next death-march project. And for your two examples, it might be punted to the next Superbowl or election.

Hard deadlines are not often deadly.

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Re:I suspect many task deadlines are designed to force engin... by ip26 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @06:53PM (#24498968)
So, what, it's only a true S̶c̶o̶t̶t̶s̶m̶a̶n̶ hard deadline if missing it means the guillotine?
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Re:I suspect many task deadlines are designed to force engin... by bradlys on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @06:59PM (#24499040)
> So, what, it's only a true S̶c̶o̶t̶t̶s̶m̶a̶n̶ hard deadline if missing it means the guillotine?

I mean, honestly, yes. That's kinda the point of "dead"lines, isn't it?

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