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  • A Abhinav S

    How can they miss "someone (boss or coworker) watching over my shoulder when I'm writing code"?

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    Rage
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    AH, you obviously don't know about the garlic technique.

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      From todays Developer News:- top-10-things-that-annoy-programmers/[^] Personally 10,9 and 3 would be my top 3.

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      Baconbutty
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      7,7 and 7. one of my Previous Employers - please note!

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        From todays Developer News:- top-10-things-that-annoy-programmers/[^] Personally 10,9 and 3 would be my top 3.

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        PIEBALDconsult
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        9 and 5 mostly. I say 5, but I'm really more concerned with third-party products that have inaccurate documentation. Throughout my so-called "career" I have primarily worked to integrate third-party products. From my first job to my most recent job, the biggest problem was that the documentation I was given didn't apply to the version of the system in use by my client/employer. :sigh:

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        • C Caslen

          From todays Developer News:- top-10-things-that-annoy-programmers/[^] Personally 10,9 and 3 would be my top 3.

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          Alan Beasley
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          How come "Designers" are not on the list??? :-D

          If I could code, I'd be dangerous... My Blog[^]

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            From todays Developer News:- top-10-things-that-annoy-programmers/[^] Personally 10,9 and 3 would be my top 3.

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            Chris C B
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            He missed the most important one: (0) Not getting paid for the code you've written.

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            • C Caslen

              From todays Developer News:- top-10-things-that-annoy-programmers/[^] Personally 10,9 and 3 would be my top 3.

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              Dalek Dave
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              No.11 Salesmen who promote something that just cannot be done for the money. No.12 'Friends' who ask if you can do some minor undertaking that turns out to be much bigger and then think you did it because you just love working on computers in your own time and for free!

              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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              • C Caslen

                From todays Developer News:- top-10-things-that-annoy-programmers/[^] Personally 10,9 and 3 would be my top 3.

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                Kevin McFarlane
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                Nice post. 10, 9, 5 probably worst for me.

                Kevin

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                • A Alan Beasley

                  How come "Designers" are not on the list??? :-D

                  If I could code, I'd be dangerous... My Blog[^]

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                  RugbyLeague
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                  They are sensitive souls and would never leave the house if they ever found themselves on such a list.

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                    He missed the most important one: (0) Not getting paid for the code you've written.

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                    Kevin McFarlane
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                    Chris C-B wrote:

                    Not getting paid for the code you've written

                    e.g., like when in job-hunting you're given an upfront coding test to do via the recruitment agent and, in one recent case of mine, you're told it will take between 4 and 10 hours! :mad::thumbsdown:

                    Kevin

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                    • C Caslen

                      From todays Developer News:- top-10-things-that-annoy-programmers/[^] Personally 10,9 and 3 would be my top 3.

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                      pelnor
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                      They forgot spiders and running out of Mt. Dew.

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                      • R RugbyLeague

                        They are sensitive souls and would never leave the house if they ever found themselves on such a list.

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                        Alan Beasley
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                        RugbyLeague wrote:

                        They are sensitive souls and would never leave the house if they ever found themselves on such a list

                        I'm not sensitive :(( :(( :(( Glad i've got WiFi here in the under stairs cupboard!!! :-D

                        If I could code, I'd be dangerous... My Blog[^]

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                        • C Caslen

                          From todays Developer News:- top-10-things-that-annoy-programmers/[^] Personally 10,9 and 3 would be my top 3.

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                          Baconbutty
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                          IT Evangelists - aka Seagulls - fly in, flap around a lot, drop a load of guano, then fly off oblivious to the consequences of their involvement.

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                            Chris C-B wrote:

                            Not getting paid for the code you've written

                            e.g., like when in job-hunting you're given an upfront coding test to do via the recruitment agent and, in one recent case of mine, you're told it will take between 4 and 10 hours! :mad::thumbsdown:

                            Kevin

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                            Chris C B
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                            Hmm... So I have this 700 hour project and the average test time is 7 hours. So if I break the project into a hundred small modules, and interview a hundred prospective candidates... :EvilGrin:

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                              AH, you obviously don't know about the garlic technique.

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                              Abhinav S
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                              Rage wrote:

                              AH, you obviously don't know about the garlic technique.

                              Thanks will try it out next time :).

                              My signature "sucks" today

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                                Hmm... So I have this 700 hour project and the average test time is 7 hours. So if I break the project into a hundred small modules, and interview a hundred prospective candidates... :EvilGrin:

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                                Baconbutty
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                                Almost like Bob-A-Job week when I used to be in the Scouts.

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                                • C Caslen

                                  From todays Developer News:- top-10-things-that-annoy-programmers/[^] Personally 10,9 and 3 would be my top 3.

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                                  Chris Losinger
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                                  it's all true. and funny. but i want to add another: i hate the notion that programmers are special. at least half of that list is applicable to anyone with an office job, and the much of other half is domain-specific but could easily be shifted to any most other domain. is there any job where workers enjoy shifting demands and annoying co-workers ?

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                                  • A Alan Beasley

                                    RugbyLeague wrote:

                                    They are sensitive souls and would never leave the house if they ever found themselves on such a list

                                    I'm not sensitive :(( :(( :(( Glad i've got WiFi here in the under stairs cupboard!!! :-D

                                    If I could code, I'd be dangerous... My Blog[^]

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                                    Pete OHanlon
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                                    Alan Beasley wrote:

                                    I'm not sensitive

                                    No, you're special. ;P

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                                      Alan Beasley wrote:

                                      I'm not sensitive

                                      No, you're special. ;P

                                      "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                      As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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                                      Alan Beasley
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                                      No, you're special.

                                      Special needs??? :laugh: (Or not a designer) ;P

                                      If I could code, I'd be dangerous... My Blog[^]

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                                        it's all true. and funny. but i want to add another: i hate the notion that programmers are special. at least half of that list is applicable to anyone with an office job, and the much of other half is domain-specific but could easily be shifted to any most other domain. is there any job where workers enjoy shifting demands and annoying co-workers ?

                                        image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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                                        Henry Minute
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                                        Chris Losinger wrote:

                                        is there any job where workers enjoy shifting

                                        The Removals Industry?

                                        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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                                        • C Caslen

                                          From todays Developer News:- top-10-things-that-annoy-programmers/[^] Personally 10,9 and 3 would be my top 3.

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                                          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                                          In 2b the author states, "Failing to understand that there is a time to debate system architecture and a time to get things done." This is often a catch phrase used my inexperienced idiots who are over-promoted to justify their indefensible position. Other common failings of other over promoted programmers are noticed by the constant utterance's of the following phrases: 1) We don't have enough time to do it right, just get it done 2) We don't have the budget to test 3) The architecture is perfect, 100% adherence without exception is required. (I recently used a mandated architecture that didn't support output parameters from SQL Server, nice, worse was the documentation said it did) 4) We will fix it later I have developed my own personal phrase that has become an inside joke amongst programmers I work with. First some background, in the business world, it is uncouth to ever say no. Disagreement is not allowed and neither is saying something cannot be done in a given budget/time constraint. In poorly management projects in which I have no control, I use the term, "Phase II". As in, "That is a great idea, we can fit it in in Phase II" or "Absolutely, our code should be able to support any database every written, ever, We can add that feature in Phase II".

                                          Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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