"Once upon a time there was a big brown bear who loved writing software"

Posted by Joseph on 8/31/2010 11:30 PM | Comments (8)

Thus begins my re-telling of the classic children's story "The Big Brown Bear" as a software development parable. I've always self-identified a lot with the big brown bear, and his errant ways have often reminded me of the way software development projects run.

Download my modified version of this classic story here: brownbear.pdf

 

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DavidH
DavidH Australia on 9/1/2010 11:21 AM Nice Joseph.  All software development wisdom should be put into the form of kids books.  That'll make it easier for the naive (like me!) who are still making those mistakes to learn those lessons ; )
Chris Mckee
Chris Mckee United Kingdom on 9/2/2010 12:04 AM You had me at bear Smile
Nice idea, though I think a sloth would of been a better animal for a manager :p
Joseph Cooney
Joseph Cooney Australia on 9/2/2010 2:07 AM Chris - I'm not much of an artist so I had to work with the images from the original story, and there were no sloths.
Paul Stovell
Paul Stovell Australia on 9/2/2010 10:58 AM Brilliant story Joseph Smile
John Devens
John Devens United States on 9/2/2010 3:45 PM I'm curious about how you came across this information (perhaps a source)? Thanks
Patrick Klug
Patrick Klug Australia on 9/2/2010 5:47 PM Great Smile
Heather Battle Love Spell
Heather Battle Love Spell United States on 9/2/2010 11:03 PM I love it! That's so unique. As someone whose a bit of a sunday programmer (just a hobby) even I can relate to it Smile
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