TABLE OF CONTENTS Mark slugged down one more beer and figured it was about time to go home. This after-work party was getting boring. As he was getting ready to leave, Mark eyes a coworker that he has not seen in a long time.
"Hey, Joe!" Mark yelled across the crowded room.
"Mark, my man, long time," Joe answers, coming over to sit by Mark at the bar.
"How's life treatin' ya?" Mark asks, wondering why Joe, who's usually such a fun-loving guy, seemed so miserable.
"Oh, okay I guess," Joe said, unconvincingly, ordering another beer for himself and Mark.
"So, how's that high-profile project you were telling me about going?" Mark pressed.
"Hey between you, me, and the bartender, I've about had it!" Joe exclaimed.
"So, what happened?" Mark asked, "You said this was the opportunity of a lifetime last time we talked. The promotion to software project lead is what you've been working for since college."
"This has definitely turned out to be the project from hell! I thought the last project was bad but this one beats them all!" Joe complains. "We're always behind schedule and the costs are skyrocketing! We had to add three more engineers and you know what that's like, between training them and trying to get the real work done, we...
