Comment by pimmen

I whole heartedly agree, and if newer computer programmers don't believe that's how the sausage is made they could either start working as a consultant or ask their consultant friends about the inevitably awful software they use to log their hours. The reason it's awful is because at no point has a consultant's work flow ever been considered during development. At no point has a consultant ever been present while the software was sold. The consultant isn't the customer, or even the end user in mind, it's the financial departments who get to turn all those hours logged into nifty charts.

Imagine that's not a consultant anymore but a doctor, and he or she is not entering hours worked but medical stats. Sleep well tonight.