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During a company wide status meeting where all product managers, architects and directors assemble:

Me: *A product architect leading a team of devs*

Directors: So are there any issues or risks you see in delivering the next build in target time for Client 1?

Me: There are too many changes in feature requirements. First they said we can use a shared NFS for storage. Now they are asking to switch over to SFTP pull mode.. blah blah..

Directors: Oh I see.. well we can support both solutions then.

Me: But the deadlin..

Directors: *ignores what I say* Will be a good marketing point for future.

Me: But there are too many regressions in integra..

Directors: *ignores what I say* We should also meet deadlines. That is the most important thing.

Me: Its not as easy as 1+1=2.. The team needs more time to..

Directors: *ignores what I say* Ok lets move on to the next point. What about Client 2?

Me:

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    You: I feel you aren't listening to me right now, are you going to let me finish?

    Director: *glares*

    You:.....

    Director: well what d--

    You: are you going to let me finish, yes or no?

    Director: .....

    You: I have no problem if you want to take over the technical aspects of this project, please if YOU think YOU can do a better job of it I have three weeks of vacation time that needs to be used before the end of the month.

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    Sure you might lose your job, but let's be honest, after such disrespect do you want to continue working there?
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    Stonks
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    That sounds like a terrible place to work.
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    https://youtube.com/watch/...
    Perfect theme song for whenever the difficult opens his month. He can be fine replaced by the lyrics
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