steve kwan user experience designer

Code Monkeys

(November 18th, 2003)

A man walks into a pet shop and sees a bunch of monkeys on display. He walks up to the first monkey, which has a $5,000 price tag on its cage.

The owner walks up to the man. The man asks the owner, "Why is this monkey worth $5,000?". The owner replies, "Well, sir, this monkey can program in C."

The man sees another monkey in another cage, and this one has a $10,000 price tag on the cage. The man asks the owner, "Why is this monkey worth $10,000?". The owner replies, "Well, this monkey can program in C++."

The man sees another monkey, this one with a $100,000 price tag on its cage. The man asks the owner, "So why is this monkey worth $100,000?". The owner replies, "Well, this monkey can't program in C or C++...but the other monkeys call him the project manager."