RIP Scott Adams of Dilbert fame ..

[mat200]

 

[tigerwillow1]

 

[tigerwillow1]

I'm bummed about Scott's passing. A little bit because I met him at a tech conference a few decades ago, but more so because I felt like he was the fly on the wall at work. I was convinced he was getting all of his cartoon tips from my workplace, even though I know there were people at another hundred or more companies who felt that same way. The timing of the cartoons with what happened at work was uncanny. Mordac the preventer of information services. Crazy password complexity, something impossible to remember but forbidden to write it down. The pointy hair boss of whom I had several. The coworkers from Elbonia. So much more that I don't remember. A common reaction to forced schedules at work was that 9 woman can have a baby in a month. A cartoon that I remember well, not from Scott but that captures the spirit, was a manager telling a roomful of programmers "You guys start coding and I'll go upstairs to see what they want". RIP, Scott. Your passing is bringing out a lot of memories.

 

[Rob2020]

A classic;

 

[jpc-s4]

I'm bummed about Scott's passing. A little bit because I met him at a tech conference a few decades ago, but more so because I felt like he was the fly on the wall at work. I was convinced he was getting all of his cartoon tips from my workplace, even though I know there were people at another hundred or more companies who felt that same way. The timing of the cartoons with what happened at work was uncanny. Mordac the preventer of information services. Crazy password complexity, something impossible to remember but forbidden to write it down. The pointy hair boss of whom I had several. The coworkers from Elbonia. So much more that I don't remember. A common reaction to forced schedules at work was that 9 woman can have a baby in a month. A cartoon that I remember well, not from Scott but that captures the spirit, was a manager telling a roomful of programmers "You guys start coding and I'll go upstairs to see what they want". RIP, Scott. Your passing is bringing out a lot of memories.

I think one of the main successes is that he did have his finger on the pulse of the tech work experience. He was relatable. Like you, he worked at the same places I had worked, or so it seemed. Too appropriate too often.

A real hero for those of us at the butt end of incompetent and overbearing dysfunctional management.

 

[VorlonFrog]

I seriously miss the guy. Funny as hell, for all the best reasons.