The 12 Days of Christmas (Software Developer's Version)



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  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.

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