Light Bulb Jokes

Date in my archives: 29-Apr-1992

Forwarded with subject: Light Bulb Jokes

Q. How many product managers does it take to change a light bulb? 
A. Let's get the marketers involved.  I think we can sell this (dead
   lightbulb) as a feature.

Q. How many staff (HR) managers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Three.  Two to hold the ladder, and one to screw the light bulb into
   a faucet.

Q. How many staff managers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. We've formed a task force to study the problem of why light bulbs
   burn out and to figure out what, exactly, we as managers can do to make
   the light bulbs work smarter, not harder.

Q. How many PC repair people does it take to change a light bulb? 
A. PC Repair has received your mail concerning your hardware problem
   and has assigned your request Service Order Number 39712.  Please use
   this number for any future reference to this case of trouble.  As soon
   as a technician becomes available, you will be contacted.

Q. How many technical support people does it take to change a light bulb? 
A. We have an exact copy of the light bulb here and it seems to be
   working fine.  Can you tell me what kind of system you have?  Ok.  Just
   exactly how dark is it?  Ok.  There could be four or five things wrong.
   Have you tried the light switch?

Q. How many production editors does it take to change a light bulb? 
A. I'll have the documentation assistants do it.

Q. How many documentation assistants does it take to change a light
   bulb?
A. I can't do anything unless you fill out a light bulb change request
   form.

Q. How many testers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. We just find the problems.  We don't fix them.

Q. How many developers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. The light bulb works fine on the system in my office.

Q. How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb? 
A. That's a hardware problem.

Q. How many hardware engineers does it take to change a light bulb? 
A. Tell software to code around it.

Q. How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Two.  One always quits in the middle of a project.

Q. How many Windows programmers does it take to change a light bulb? 
A. 472.  One to write WinGetLightBulbHandle, one to write
   WinQueryStatusLightBulb, one to write WinGetLightSwitchHandle...

Q. How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. I think that's a device driver problem.

Q. How many C++ programmers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. You're still thinking procedurally.  A properly designed light bulb
   object would inherit a change method from a generic light bulb class,
   so all you'd have to do is send it a bulb change message.

Q. How many secretaries does it take to change a light bulb?
A. One.