The Old New Thing

Letting the boss think your project is classier than it really is

May 6, 2014 May 6, 2014 05/6/14

Raymond Chen

Once upon a time, there was a team developing two versions of a product, the first a short-term project to ship soon, and the other a more ambitious project to ship later. (Sound familiar?) They chose to assign the projects code names Ren and Stimpy, in honor of the lead characters from the eponymous cartoon series. Over time, the two ...