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Roderick: I'm visualizing Dilbert telling the pointy-haired boss that he's dependent on his superiors for everything he has, PHB ...
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What in your background has given you the insight to understand code monkeys such as myself and the endless battles against the legions of the pointy-haired?
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Now I realize that bonuses for traders and investment bankers make up a significant percentage of total compensation, so it's not the same as your pointy-haired Scrooge holding back on the frozen Christmas turkey.
Did you get your turkey this year? bluemeanie 2009
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Yes, to me it says less about his being old than his being the sort of pointy-haired boss who has his assistant print out his emails and type up his responses, because important people don't do that peon stuff.
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What in your background has given you the insight to understand code monkeys (such as myself) and the endless battles against the legions of the pointy-haired?
Scott Adams Answers Your Dilbert Questions, and More - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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If one hangs out at places like slashdot for too long one gets the impression that almost all the software engineers usually use free office suites such as OpenOffice. org, and only resort to Microsoft Word and friends under threats of physical violence from pointy-haired bosses.
Over a third of Japanese engineers won’t use Linux on the desktop 2007
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What in your background has given you the insight to understand code monkeys (such as myself) and the endless battles against the legions of the pointy-haired?
Scott Adams Answers Your Dilbert Questions, and More - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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On the other hand, most bosses are not the pointy-haired characters portrayed in Dilbert cartoons.
Alex Pattakos: Living with Meaning: Don't Work Against Yourself 2008
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Singing the virtues of natural light and energy efficient data centers seems unlikely to leave much of an impression on his pointy-haired b ...
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Singing the virtues of natural light and energy efficient data centers seems unlikely to leave much of an impression on his pointy-haired b ...
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