Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for June 05, 2014

Simple Jay. Hard coded means it is not very flexible to change. Soft coded means every marketing rep can make suggestion to really screw up the package, before it gets locked down. Or known as a 101 ways to make buggy software.

The only thing soft about Rita is her head!

As the pop-ups on my screen say, “This software is optimized.” For whom, I wonder.

R & D comes up with the ideasYour job is to manage them into the ground

Well, you could always sell it with an inflatable cushion, that would make it softer.

I swear Rita is his sister!

and by the way, hard coded would mean either in firmware, or that something is parametric but some parts can not be parametrized and can not be changed

I had a boss that said something like this. I don’t remember exactly what it was, but it was equally idiotic. Using this comic’s example, I waved my hands around and said “Poof! Our software is now softer!” Needless to say, he didn’t appreciate my humor.

Here you go Scott: An isometric projection is a method for visually representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions in technical and engineering drawings

Looks like she needs to take a few pounds off. Tummy is sagging.