you can have it right, or you can have it right now. that is how it usually works. but they want both. common sense should tell them it is not possible. engineers say: faster, stronger, or cheaper, just pick two. three requires a breakthrough that comes once in a generation.

we are in a mutually assured destruction pact with our boss. he could fire us, but then we will reveal to his masters how much pencil whipping we do around here. we have created a Potemkin Village of commercial activity. if he expels us from the village, we will burn it down. I'm fine with that. 

i am old. but it is only recently that i learned that competence counts for little. backstabbing is the true path of success. remember to keep smiling.