The 12 Bugs of Christmas - A Software Developers' Version

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This isn’t mine but it was forwarded to me via a group chat and, in it, I found a deep, profound and abiding truth:

1. For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• See if they can do it again.

2. For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.

3. For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Try to reproduce it
• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.

4. For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Run with the debugger
• Try to reproduce it
• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.

5. For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Ask for a dump
• Run with the debugger
• Try to reproduce it
• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.

6. For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Reinstall the software
• Ask for a dump
• Run with the debugger
• Try to reproduce it
• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.

7. For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Say they need an upgrade
• Reinstall the software
• Ask for a dump
• Run with the debugger
• Try to reproduce it
• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.

8. For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Find a way around it
• Say they need an upgrade
• Reinstall the software
• Ask for a dump
• Run with the debugger
• Try to reproduce it
• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.

9. For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Blame it on the hardware
• Find a way around it
• Say they need an upgrade
• Reinstall the software
• Ask for a dump
• Run with the debugger
• Try to reproduce it
• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.

10. For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Change the documentation
• Blame it on the hardware
• Find a way around it
• Say they need an upgrade
• Reinstall the software
• Ask for a dump
• Run with the debugger
• Try to reproduce it
• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.

11. For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Say it’s not supported
• Change the documentation
• Blame it on the hardware
• Find a way around it
• Say they need an upgrade
• Reinstall the software
• Ask for a dump
• Run with the debugger
• Try to reproduce it
• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.

12. For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

• Tell them it’s a feature
• Say it’s not supported
• Change the documentation
• Blame it on the hardware
• Find a way around it
• Say they need an upgrade
• Reinstall the software
• Ask for a dump
• Run with the debugger
• Try to reproduce it
• Ask them how they did it and
• See if they can do it again.