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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by rwmj on Sunday June 22, 2025 @06:48AM (#44345780)
You might want to add some indication if this was sarcasm. If it wasn't then that's wrong - engineers should be directly talking to customers, at least some of the time. It's by far the best way to get direct feedback on what real problems customers are having with the product.
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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by spullara on Sunday June 22, 2025 @07:16AM (#44345939)
it is basically a quote from the movie
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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by wanderingstan on Sunday June 22, 2025 @09:28AM (#44346807)
The relevant scene: https://youtu.be/hNuu9CpdjIo
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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by rusk on Sunday June 22, 2025 @06:57AM (#44345827)
I think they were describing “is” as opposed to “ought”
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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by swayvil on Sunday June 22, 2025 @09:06AM (#44346640)
Because engineers generally fail to catch such subtleties, righr?
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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by shiroiuma on Monday June 23, 2025 @02:08AM (#44352871)
Someone really needs to watch the movie...
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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by pjc50 on Monday June 23, 2025 @05:38AM (#44353904)
I think we all agree on that; the problem is that some customer relationship management is .. highly political. Lots of face saving and message discipline. Engineers are not trusted to have the skills to do that even if you've got time to keep them fully briefed on what the story you're allowed to tell the customer is.

Sometimes even asking the wrong question can cause an upset. Engineers are prone to thinking or even saying things like, "successfully delivering the project is more important than the ego of a middle ranking procurement manager in the client, right?"

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