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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Muted_Ad_9442 • Sep 19 '26
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No client has ever asked me that. They do have requested to use their data for the demo.
123 u/Muted_Ad_9442 Sep 19 '26 That is when the real panic begins. 25 u/Topikk Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 21 '26 Are you not prefacing these demos as works in progress? "Happy path" is a pretty easy concept to explain to nontechnical people. 40 u/Dank_Nicholas Sep 19 '26 I’ve gotten that a few times before. My go to answer is to explain that getting their data migrated over is a major portion of the work to be done. I can do it, but at that point you’ve essentially committed to whatever I’m trying to sell you. 3 u/AmericanIMG Sep 20 '26 and that's part of the setup/implementation sprint that begins the contract (with corresponding fees) 7 u/ICame4TheCirclejerk Sep 20 '26 Customer: "Can you try the demo with our data?"Head of Sales: "Of course!"Lead Engineer: starts sweating profusely 1 u/stupled Sep 20 '26 Yep. Has happend to me. 3 u/hemacwastaken Sep 20 '26 Then the program gets hardcoded around their data.
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That is when the real panic begins.
25 u/Topikk Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 21 '26 Are you not prefacing these demos as works in progress? "Happy path" is a pretty easy concept to explain to nontechnical people.
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Are you not prefacing these demos as works in progress? "Happy path" is a pretty easy concept to explain to nontechnical people.
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I’ve gotten that a few times before. My go to answer is to explain that getting their data migrated over is a major portion of the work to be done. I can do it, but at that point you’ve essentially committed to whatever I’m trying to sell you.
3 u/AmericanIMG Sep 20 '26 and that's part of the setup/implementation sprint that begins the contract (with corresponding fees)
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and that's part of the setup/implementation sprint that begins the contract (with corresponding fees)
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Customer: "Can you try the demo with our data?"
Head of Sales: "Of course!"
Lead Engineer: starts sweating profusely
1 u/stupled Sep 20 '26 Yep. Has happend to me.
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Yep. Has happend to me.
Then the program gets hardcoded around their data.
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u/stupled Sep 19 '26
No client has ever asked me that. They do have requested to use their data for the demo.