Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

[salfter@chakotay.ncc74656.org (Scott Alfter)]

In article <7o8pbf$4rd@edrn.newsguy.com>,
Charles Eicher  <ceicher@inav.net> wrote:
>In article <qhbtcoausu.fsf_-_@ruckus.brouhaha.com>, Eric says...
>>Or, perhaps more likely, the people that *have* learned from it refuse to
>>manage the impossible-schedule megaprojects, so the companies that need such
>>things done are forced instead to hire the PHBs [*] that claim to be able to
>>do it.
>
>Huh? What's a PHB/PHM? I know what PhD means (Piled Higher and Deeper) but I
>never heard the other two acronyms.

Pointy-Haired Boss/Pointy-Haired Manager.  See http://www.dilbert.com for
the canonical example.

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