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Sales manager: Hi all, we are launching a new internal hackathon. Form up a team with the right expertise to help with address the problem statement and get going!

Me: what’s the problem statement?

Sales manager: you have to sign up first. There’s proprietary company info with our plans for next year involved. You have to agree to terms and conditions before continuing. Legal say so.

Me:

*signs up*,
*fills in docU-sign*,
*clicks through 3 other screens*

Ok let’s see this problem statement.

“What new and magical customer experience can you create and launch to win in our markets”

... that’s not a fucking problem statement ... and why the fuck does that require filling out a docu-sign form to see?

I REALLY fucking hate legal / sales people. Wasting everyone’s time.

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  • 13
    I am totally gonna use that statement for our hackathon...

    How does management in some companies take a thing that is supposed to be fun and make it non fun? Its like telling your employees that Santa aint real.
  • 4
    You have to sign upo for some internal stuff? What kind of high level corporate shit is that?

    And how is that internal hackathon arranged, is it mandatory? Do you get the time for it officially or do you do that on your free time? Is there more organisation than just the topic and how is the result evaluated?
  • 4
    Sounds like they're relying on gullible engineers to do their work for them.
  • 1
    @dr-ant buzzword driven development
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