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He worked at Pacific Bell between 1986 and June 30, 1995, and the personalities he encountered there inspired many of his Dilbert characters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams



And probably no small part of the downturn of Dilbert (besides Adams going a bit nuts) is that Adams is no longer in a workplace he can satirize so it remains stuck largely in 90s cubeland.


> Adams is no longer in a workplace he can satirize

He's also not in a place where he can draw cartoons, what with being dead and all.


Yes, I was speaking of latterly and I could have been clearer with tenses.


> Adams is no longer

Indeed.




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