Dev102.com has a few postings about interesting job interview question. His fifth challenge is this neat task:
You are asked to sort a collection of records. The records are stored in a file on the disk, and the size of the file is much bigger than available memory you can work with. Assume a record size [...]

The 6 stages of every project are:

Enthusiasm.
Disillusionment.
Panic.
The Search For The Guilty.
The Punishment of the Innocent.
Accolades for the Non-Participants.

After 4 years of software development experience, I can say with much confidence that this is highly accurate.

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