<story><title>Pixar films don&apos;t get finished, they just get released</title><url>http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/06/pixar-films-dont-get-finished-they-just.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gamache</author><text>A manager asked a programmer how long it would take him to finish the program on which he was working. ``It will be finished tomorrow,&apos;&apos; the programmer promptly replied.&lt;p&gt;``I think you are being unrealistic,&apos;&apos; said the manager, ``Truthfully, how long will it take?&apos;&apos;&lt;p&gt;The programmer thought for a moment. ``I have some features that I wish to add. This will take at least two weeks,&apos;&apos; he finally said.&lt;p&gt;``Even that is too much to expect,&apos;&apos; insisted the manager, ``I will be satisfied if you simply tell me when the program is complete.&apos;&apos;&lt;p&gt;The programmer agreed to this.&lt;p&gt;Several years later, the manager retired. On the way to his retirement luncheon, he discovered the programmer asleep at his terminal. He had been programming all night.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Tao of Programming, 5.2&lt;/i&gt; 
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<story><title>Pixar films don&apos;t get finished, they just get released</title><url>http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/06/pixar-films-dont-get-finished-they-just.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>chops</author><text>That&apos;s just about the coolest response to a letter one could hope for - the kinda thing you frame and show your friends (or in this case, highlight on a blog).&lt;p&gt;Handwritten is awesome as it is, but the little sketches give it such a great personal touch.  Very classy.</text></comment>