This is just too good not to share with everyone.
The only reason coders' computers work better than non-coders' computers is coders know computers are schizophrenic little children with auto-immune diseases and we don't beat them when they're bad.
From Programming Sucks. A must-read.
Jump to PostThat page has been floating around my Facebook news feed today.
Jump to PostFor your first 2 years? Welcome to my entire career ;)
Jump to PostEspecially liked the Brain part. :)
That page has been floating around my Facebook news feed today.
For my first 2 years or so of professional programming I was a one-person shop. I did the conception, design, coding, debugging and integration. I didn't know how good I had it until I took a job that involved other programmers and (shudder) engineers. The above article was just as true in the 1980s as it is today.
For your first 2 years? Welcome to my entire career ;)
The good part is there is never a problem making decisions (and you can still get advice from other people - you just don't have to take it). The bad part is there is no one else to blame when things go into the toilet. Here's a quote from the workplace...
I didn't say it was your fault. I just said I was blaming you.
Can I help it that a computer language is called with a name, forbidden to speak out here? Well just google brain + a 4 letter word beginning with f.
So in the above post, my link got somehow changed. Not that I mind that BTW
yes, beating your computer is counter productive. Whipping however...
Hating might be better than whipping.
Maybe ignoring for a few hours is good enough punishment.
Unlike people, you can turn the computer off.
Discounting guns, drugs and really bad pick-up lines ;-P
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