C'mon, who really needs that stuff?

This pilot fish gets the task of writing the end-user documentation for a software project.

"Originally, I was given two weeks at the end of the schedule to write a manual," fish says. "This was to coincide with quality assurance and testing.

"As sometimes happens, a problem in development caused the schedule to slip. Our manager decided the final deadline could not be moved, and required that the project skip QA and testing.

"I wrote the manual in two 20-hour days. And I made sure to mention who to contact with bug reports..."

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