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>>The President of our company says that I must have this entire system done by tonight, as if he knows anything about programming. Anyone else deal with unrealistic managers who know nothing about the steps involved in developing and implementing systems? I swear, this makes me just want to quit.
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>Managers suck as much as, if not worse than, users.

I actually enjoy interacting with users. Many times they are not aware of what can be done. It's our job to help them make informed decisions. My biggest complaint though would be that they rarely have enough time to give comprehensive input into the development, so then there are often surprises when the project is nearing completion. Most have no idea what we do, or how we do it, and leave much up to us. I like getting them to become vested so I can give them a solution that really works for them and I don't have to redevelop as much. Maybe it's the old salesman in me, but I rather like users.

Now managers, that's a whole different story... <g>