https://marco.org/2007/10/06/those-of-you-who-believe-that-you-should-smile-and
Those of you who believe that you should smile and wave and say all the nice things you think you need to say to “find the client’s problem” and whatever… Let me know when you actually GET clients. Because you’ll find that sweet-smelling crap that someone who’s made a career in academia shoveled up your nose doesn’t really play all that well when it’s three in the morning, you stopped receiving checks a month ago, and you and your team are STILL working on changes and updates on your fixed-bid contract for five million dollars that ran out a long, long time ago…