everyone except the expert was trained in Common Core. If meetings like this aren't Entrepreneur-makers I don't know what are...
#beentheredonethat

Since they don't understand what the terms involved mean, all the "expert" needs to do is to draw lines any which way, and rename them to suit the specs. Or, just get the hell out of there before he gets as looney as the rest of them.

EXPERT=ex(has been)..spert(drip under pressure).

The humor is pretty old. I could not even laugh because I was empathizing with Anderson. I did send this to four of my Objectivist friends who also will not laugh. If you are looking for deep reasons to explain the committee, you will find them in _The Fountainhead_ and _Atlas Shrugged_. You can follow the branches of that theory in many directions. For one thing, the Nazis were dedicated users of public opinion polls. Opinions were reality to them. In the remake of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" called "The Secret of My Success" starring Michael J. Fox, the pretty girl insists that there are no facts, only opinions.

"William H. Whyte, Jr. coined the term in 1952 in _Fortune_ magazine:
Groupthink being a coinage - and, admittedly, a loaded one - a working definition is in order. We are not talking about mere instinctive conformity - it is, after all, a perennial failing of mankind. What we are talking about is a rationalized conformity - an open, articulate philosophy which holds that group values are not only expedient but right and good as well. -- Wikipedia article on "Group Think" It is Anderson's own employers who insist that he do what the client wants.

Accountants know an old joke about the three bookkeepers in a job interview. Each is asked "How much is 2 plus 2?" The one who is hired is the one who asked back, "How much do you want it to be?"

Also, on the plus side, you know Anderson was fairly succinct and cogent. He explained everything well and even switched contexts to offer different reasons for the same failures. If there is a parable here (see khalling above), it is that Anderson needs to work for himself -- he will still have the same customers, of course, but at least he will be unburdened of the sales manager and project manager.

Monty Python meets Dilbert. Hilarious Euda.

I wonder if this is what it's like when politicians (who sadly vote bills into laws) ask experts for testimony regarding a bill. 

OMG! I have been in that meeting hundreds of times over my career.

I sent that link to a few hundred friends and relatives when I received it last week... and added a few comments of my own to the YouTube page.

Strangely enough, I've gotten a bunch of replies from folks I used to work with that, YES, that was EXACTLY what it was like 'working for the company.'

And those memories are the source of a lot of my bitterness about my personal experiences.

Fortunately for me, at both of the two major companies I've worked for, there were a lot of people who still made it fun, rewarding and challenging to be employed there.

Boy, some expert! (That's sarcasm)

This can actually be done by adding 4 more dimensions to time-space. Then all 7 lines can be perpendicular to each other. And if you define 2 of the dimensions such that green is actually red, well you get the idea.
Just remember, you get the "expert" you pay for.

OMGoodness, so often in public school this scene was replayed.

Could not help laughing.

"If we believe hard enough, we can do anything."
You can change the word, "believe" to "wish" or "pray."
(A growing number of people actually "know" this to be true.")

Wonderful -- after wearing many hats in software engineering over 25 years, I have been witness to many perspectives on this nonsense. It's left me wondering if these nit-wits are even aware of their deficiencies in the context of seeing reality. I suspect that some of them are -- fully aware -- but they carry on the charade - the belief that they are someone contributing to the project - much in the manner that religious folks will hold fast to their particular dogma (young earth, a great flood, being tormented by dead alien spirits passed 75 million years ago). I've been able to cultivate a defense mechanism to determine whether or not I can survive and grow in an environment where this silliness exists (and is promoted) -- or determine if it's time to turn and find a new employer / clients.

I hate to say it.. its not Monty python meets Dilbert or even a common core problem.. its real life.. back in 96 I almost went into web DEV because I was pretty good at writing CGI stuff in c++. After seeing my friends go through design hell I passed on web DEV and went into infrastructure..