The Tender Process: Round Three - The AI Gambit Welcome to the Corporate Cage Match In the thrilling world of procurement, where every deal feels like a high-stakes poker game, our heroes face their greatest adversaries: the buyers from the automotive industry. After battling through endless rounds of negotiations, it’s time for the final showdown. Will they seal
Project Controllers and Project Trolls A Descent Into the Human Abyss This story unveils the true villains of the IT world: controllers with a penchant for numbers and project trolls who specialize in sowing confusion. As developers try to keep their code clean, these trolls crawl out of their caves, armed with Excel sheets and
The Tax Audit When Pizza Became a Threat to Our Existence The Founder’s worst nightmare. Freshly graduated tax auditors descend on the company like a pack of hungry wolves, eager to find something—anything—that doesn’t add up. What starts as a routine audit quickly spirals into an absurd battle of
The Security Audit (TISAX) Welcome to the Twilight Zone of Compliance TISAX—the stuff of IT nightmares. A so-called security certification that feels more like a full-scale invasion by the Ministry of Magic. As the Information Security Officer struggles to keep things together, the entire company braces for impact. Picture a marathon of data
Featured A Quick Intro Welcome to a blog where tech meets storytelling, a wild ride of a fictional IT firm navigating digitalization's challenges and absurdities. Meet both familiar faces and other characters along the way. Every week brings a new adventure! For a quick intro, check out this short podcast teaser, generated
Agile first When Innovation Turns Into a Ritual In the world of agile, where everything is "sprints" and "scrums," our Founder is a true believer—but not without his skepticism. The story dives into the hype around agile methodology, showing how even the most well-meaning businesses can end
Escaping the Corporate Hamster Wheel We’ve all heard it before—the tale of the IT professional who decides they’ve had enough of corporate nonsense and sets out to build something better. You know the type: high-margin pressures, body-leasing gigs, and career ladders that lead straight to burnout. Our Founder was one of them.
