Is it just me

Judah Gabriel Himango

Jim Crafton wrote:

String s = new Object();

How the heck does that compile? Are you sure it wasn't:

String s = (String)new Object();

? Or did this student dare not attempt to compile? ;P

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WillemM

Asperine v3.0 ;P The version number is there to differentiate from the normal Asperine.

WM.
What about weapons of mass-construction?

Jim Crafton

No, this little gem was written by a Java "professional" consultant, working for an unnamed consulting firm (you'd probably recognize the firm), who was being billed out at around $180/hour to an unnamed client. It did in fact break the build, and I was less than thrilled to find it, since I was the project lead for that group and he was on my team. We exchanged words.

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Christopher Duncan

I once saw a routine from a junior level programmer (though not to read the 14 degrees and certifications on his resume) that was a replacement for atoi() because he didn't realize it existed. What's even better is that the routine (a couple of screens long) had errors on almost every single line. Really. My only regret is not having printed it out so that I could frame it. No, looking at code like that doesn't make me sick. It makes me feel like an experienced programmer who should be charging more. :-D

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Judah Gabriel Himango

Jim Crafton wrote:

No, this little gem was written by a Java "professional" consultant, working for an unnamed consulting firm (you'd probably recognize the firm), who was being billed out at around $180/hour to an unnamed client.

jeez that's cringingly bad. Wow.

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Josh Smith

Christopher Duncan wrote:

No, looking at code like that doesn't make me sick. It makes me feel like an experienced programmer who should be charging more.

Lucky dog. If I ever were to work in a shop with the programmer you described, I'd need to keep a barf bag fastened to my face all day.

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Jeremy Falcon

Christopher Duncan wrote:

atoi()

How do other people pronounce that? Right or wrong, I've gotten used to saying something along the lines of "a-toy" rather than "a-to-i" over the years. I must admit I've gotten some odd looks before. :laugh:

Jeremy Falcon

Jeremy Falcon

Jim Crafton wrote:

No, this little gem was written by a Java "professional" consultant, working for an unnamed consulting firm (you'd probably recognize the firm), who was being billed out at around $180/hour to an unnamed client.

Because usually the people that make those decisions are pay that much haven't a clue as to anything about programming. It's how they present themselves that matter, not whether or not they are actually good at programming. Sad really.

Jeremy Falcon

Jeremy Falcon

No really, it's only you. ;P

Jeremy Falcon

Shog9 0

Jeremy Falcon wrote:

How do other people pronounce that?

Ah-too-y - like a non-productive sneeze.

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Jeremy Falcon

Shog9 wrote:

like a non-productive sneeze.

:laugh:

Jeremy Falcon

Shog9 0

Only when i think i'll be needing to make changes to it. Funny, i was just talking to a co-worker about this very subject earlier. A few years back, we came close to absorbing the care and feeding of a product we'd obtained along with the small company that created it. Too many VB files to count, each one a form, each form stuffed with all the DB access code (including hard-coded IDs, indexes, and actual data) required to make it work. Scary, ugly, sickening stuff.

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Jim Crafton

Christopher Duncan wrote:

It makes me feel like an experienced programmer who should be charging more.

Spoken like a true consultant! :) When I started at the consulting firm I used to work at, my project boss walked up to me, took my hand in a hearty handshake, and said, with a big shit-eating-grin on his face, "Welcome to the worlds second oldest profession." I always thought that was funny :)

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Josh Smith

Shog9 wrote:

including hard-coded IDs, indexes, and actual data

Have you regained your ability to see yet?

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Shog9 0

It got worse, but i've blocked those memories. :~

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Josh Smith

Jeremy Falcon wrote:

No really, it's only you.

:(( Why me?

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QuiJohn

Jeremy Falcon wrote:

How do other people pronounce that?

"A-twa" Must be the french I took in high school. (I wasn't very good at it.)

Josh Smith

Shog9 wrote:

It got worse, but i've blocked those memories.

You can run but you can't hide. Those hard-coded IDs will haunt your dreams, like Freddy Kruger, only worse, cuz they won't kill you. Muahahaha!

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Jeremy Falcon

David Kentley wrote:

"A-twa"

I can kinda see that considering "moí" is pronounced similar. Still, I'm sure I wasn't the only one getting funny looks. ;)

Jeremy Falcon

Jeremy Falcon

Josh Smith wrote:

Why me?

Um... um... It's your hair man. I don't why, it just is. :-D

Jeremy Falcon