Endlessstream ofignoredproductionexceptionsThreedifferentkinds ofreview appsComp < 1/5what youcould makeat FAANGNew hirespromotedover veteranswho keepthings running50% of engtime spentfixing lastyear'sfeatures"MVP" [sic]of newfeature takessix monthsMigrating tomicroservicesbreakseverythingCode writtena month agoreferred toas "legacy"CEO peptalk afterlayoffsAll whitemale 20-somethingleadership25 MB PDFmarketing whitepaper: 30K/s offcheap sharedWordPresshostingFiringentiresales team(again)Productwants toA/B test on15 usersConstant@here and@all misusein SlackNo materializedviews, reportingfeaturesconstantly timeoutUXdesigners doall the actualproductdesignCultureofdistrust"Let'srewrite itin Rust!"Sales teamunable toclose anyleadsSloppy,uselesscodereviewProduct designershave MBAs fromHarvard, can'twrite a coherentsentenceCan't hireanyone,won't allowremoteFive differentIaaSframeworksfor devopsEngineers spinup expensiveservers andforget aboutthemEndlessstream ofignoredproductionexceptionsThreedifferentkinds ofreview appsComp < 1/5what youcould makeat FAANGNew hirespromotedover veteranswho keepthings running50% of engtime spentfixing lastyear'sfeatures"MVP" [sic]of newfeature takessix monthsMigrating tomicroservicesbreakseverythingCode writtena month agoreferred toas "legacy"CEO peptalk afterlayoffsAll whitemale 20-somethingleadership25 MB PDFmarketing whitepaper: 30K/s offcheap sharedWordPresshostingFiringentiresales team(again)Productwants toA/B test on15 usersConstant@here and@all misusein SlackNo materializedviews, reportingfeaturesconstantly timeoutUXdesigners doall the actualproductdesignCultureofdistrust"Let'srewrite itin Rust!"Sales teamunable toclose anyleadsSloppy,uselesscodereviewProduct designershave MBAs fromHarvard, can'twrite a coherentsentenceCan't hireanyone,won't allowremoteFive differentIaaSframeworksfor devopsEngineers spinup expensiveservers andforget aboutthem

SaaS startup bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Endless stream of ignored production exceptions
  2. Three different kinds of review apps
  3. Comp < 1/5 what you could make at FAANG
  4. New hires promoted over veterans who keep things running
  5. 50% of eng time spent fixing last year's features
  6. "MVP" [sic] of new feature takes six months
  7. Migrating to microservices breaks everything
  8. Code written a month ago referred to as "legacy"
  9. CEO pep talk after layoffs
  10. All white male 20-something leadership
  11. 25 MB PDF marketing white paper: 30K/s off cheap shared WordPress hosting
  12. Firing entire sales team (again)
  13. Product wants to A/B test on 15 users
  14. Constant @here and @all misuse in Slack
  15. No materialized views, reporting features constantly time out
  16. UX designers do all the actual product design
  17. Culture of distrust
  18. "Let's rewrite it in Rust!"
  19. Sales team unable to close any leads
  20. Sloppy, useless code review
  21. Product designers have MBAs from Harvard, can't write a coherent sentence
  22. Can't hire anyone, won't allow remote
  23. Five different IaaS frameworks for devops
  24. Engineers spin up expensive servers and forget about them