[ClearCase_guy]

Not long ago, I was working on a government project which involved a software tool. Based on rudimentary requirements, I created a prototype which served as a framework of potentiality, but which didn't actually do anything.

I sat with the Chief Engineer and showed it to him. I said: "Once we establish technical specifications, we can turn this into something useful, but without the requirements and the vision, this thing doesn't do anything at all. What is it you want this thing to do?"

It was a long meeting. It was 100% in the weeds the whole time, and I walked out with one assignment: "The image of the button on the left side of the first screen should be blue, not green."

My God.

That's why GS-15s make the big bucks, I suppose.

[ken in texas]

It could have been worse — they could have told you to roll out the prototype because they liked the colors. </s

[oldbill]

You should have told him he could tax it.