We were supposed to go-live on th e 31st. As it turned out, the CMD scheduled a visit to a nearby location on that date.
Efforts to bring the CMD to do the ceremonial click of the mouse to herald the go-live proved ineffective. His calendar was simply too busy. With this, dawned the fear that all the important officials would be of course, tailing the CMD, and we would run short of any official to do the ceremonial mouse-clicking for us! (The success of a go-live is often measured by the importance quotient of the individual who comes for the occasion; a go-live by any person below the rank of a GM would have been considered as an insult to the status of our project in the scheme of things .. )
So all said and done, our project was advanced by one day, to happen now on the 30th.
Isn’t that simply great?! Now, I get to write in my CV: “Completed successful delivery of XYZ project, before time”
Do I need to mention that it was advanced by one day? Nah, I think I will stick with the general truth that it was delivered before time, no need to mention petty statistics.
Do I need to mention the fact that it was originally scheduled to be delivered on the 20th; and was already extended by 11 days? Nah, I think I will just omit to mention this too. After all, I am still stating the truth, just not stating some other truths. That’s for recruiters to find out, if they so desperately wish to.
And what happens, if for some reason, the go-live is shifted back to the 31st? I think I should go make my CV now, right away. After that, if it does get postponed, I will just forget to update my CV, that’s all.. the recruiters will have to do with a CV that’s a bit out of date .. .
Thank you, Mr. Scott Adams, for introducing me to Weaselese !
2 comments:
Satyameva Jayate... Nice one dude!!
in the hierarchy of lies, marketing comes much ahead of statistics...in fact it uses statistics for its lies...and in any case, a CV is self-marketing..and thereby hangs the truth of it all...
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