How Have You Kept Your Job?
by @mikeymason · @bald_ruminant
Liner Notes
Despite us not working in the same industry, these lyrics spoke to me on a fundamental level, and @bald_ruminant allowed me to set them to music as a collaboration. #collab #collaboration #geekrock #workplace
Lyrics
We're five sprints into this project Midway, in case you had not checked The standups, you rarely attend On you we just cannot depend
Even though we're now halfway through You've never done a code review Nor made a single pull request Despite you, the team has progressed
You contribute nothing at all Shouldn't you be in for a fall?
How the hell do you keep your job? Yeah, How, how have you kept your job?
You're leaving your team in the lurch Come blame time, hardly need to search We've seen other coders get fired A new team member should be hired
You contribute nothing at all Shouldn't you be in for a fall?
How the hell do you keep your job? Yeah, How, how have you kept your job?
You're dragging the team's metrics down Worse than when you were out of town The velocity charts that you skew We're so tired of carrying you
How the hell do you keep your job? Yeah, How, how have you kept your job?
Comments
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Oof, this is so relevant!
Rock! This is fantastic. The chorus delivers. The lyric is on point!
That last verse is chefs kiss
Fantastic Collab!
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The rock energy is perfect for this primal scream of professional frustration
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Feeling this one hard right now as we're deploying the latest schedue app ... that I've been putting 12 hour days in on to pick up some else's slack.
Thanks for the 3 minute scream into the void, you guys!
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Thanks again for doing this! It was a real treat.
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few people at work i wouldn't mind sending this song to! haha! great stuff, very fun and relatable :)
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Super catchy rock with a punk attitude. Ha, I think that many people relate to this people that they have worked with and hopefully this song was cathartic to write/perform. 🙌🎶🤘