Types of Developers
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Far more ordinary, I'm afraid; in fact I AM CONTRACTOR. The greatest compliment I got was when I was called 'an arrogant, aggressive and utterly mercenary bastard'. Course I think I'm really very nice... :)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
When I'm doing contracting work, I prefer the following description: "I may be a whore, but at least I ain't cheap."
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We all know that there are actually ten types of programmers/[^]. P.S. Other than the ridiculous part about recursion, I find that I'm primarily the Know-it-all or Theoretician.
Interesting. A couple of entries in the '10 list' were quoted almost literally in the '7 list'.
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It might be adequate, but compilers usually have no humor.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
You never used the Microsoft C 6.0 compiler then, with optimization turned on. Its idea of hysterically funny was to move references to variables declared
volatilearound willy-nilly if they appeared to be loop-invariant. I was not amused :suss:.Software Zen:
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You never used the Microsoft C 6.0 compiler then, with optimization turned on. Its idea of hysterically funny was to move references to variables declared
volatilearound willy-nilly if they appeared to be loop-invariant. I was not amused :suss:.Software Zen:
delete this;I used to work with Visual C++ very much, but it has more and more been replaced by C#. Your problem is the result of a mislead optimization. The code probably would have worked with optimizing turned off and doing it yourself where needed. At the moment I'm writing a little 3D engine and would have loved to do it in good old unsafe C++ once again. But the rest of the project is managed code, so I guess a C# graphics engine fits in better.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
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I used to work with Visual C++ very much, but it has more and more been replaced by C#. Your problem is the result of a mislead optimization. The code probably would have worked with optimizing turned off and doing it yourself where needed. At the moment I'm writing a little 3D engine and would have loved to do it in good old unsafe C++ once again. But the rest of the project is managed code, so I guess a C# graphics engine fits in better.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
CDP1802 wrote:
The code probably would have worked with optimizing turned off and doing it yourself where needed.
That was the solution. The not-so-amusing part was detecting the problem, which started out with anomalous retries in serial communications and ended with several days of pouring over machine language listings of the code.
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CDP1802 wrote:
The code probably would have worked with optimizing turned off and doing it yourself where needed.
That was the solution. The not-so-amusing part was detecting the problem, which started out with anomalous retries in serial communications and ended with several days of pouring over machine language listings of the code.
Software Zen:
delete this;Actually that's why I stll love to program on my very first computer. Just type in machine code with the hex keypad. No compiler, no operating system and no framework to interfere. But it seems to be a lost art.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
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Actually that's why I stll love to program on my very first computer. Just type in machine code with the hex keypad. No compiler, no operating system and no framework to interfere. But it seems to be a lost art.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
CDP1802 wrote:
it seems to be a lost art
Look for projects in process control or data acquisition using microcontrollers. It's amazing how much fun you can have with an 8-bit processor that has 1K of program space, 256 bytes of RAM, and an 8 byte stack.
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CDP1802 wrote:
it seems to be a lost art
Look for projects in process control or data acquisition using microcontrollers. It's amazing how much fun you can have with an 8-bit processor that has 1K of program space, 256 bytes of RAM, and an 8 byte stack.
Software Zen:
delete this;I know, at least as a hobby I still have my first computer and it still works. Here is one like mine (without the case): Netronics Elf II
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
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They left off “80% Rob” (named after a former co-(non)-worker). A variant of #6 – The Ambassador, 80% Rob will do 80% of the work, declare victory and move on. Always dresses like a manager, thinks of himself as one, and is usually considered to be on the fast track to success because of his corner cutting. Willing to throw others under the bus to cover his own deficiencies. Takes on jobs that will polish his resume so that he may bolt when the going gets tough.
Psychosis at 10 Film at 11
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We all know that there are actually ten types of programmers/[^]. P.S. Other than the ridiculous part about recursion, I find that I'm primarily the Know-it-all or Theoretician.
Oh no, I think I fall into the #4 (Vince Neil) category. Worse yet, my boss is #1 Gandalf.
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This list is non-atomic. 4. The Scholarly Know-It-All is really two different kinds of people - The Poet and The OCD Programmer. As for 6. The Clever Ambassador ... should be split into two people with "The Weasel" being the dark side. Me? I'm a cross between 2. The Experienced Old Man and 5. The Ninja.
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I know, at least as a hobby I still have my first computer and it still works. Here is one like mine (without the case): Netronics Elf II
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
CDP1802 wrote:
I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
I like it. May I steal it?
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CDP1802 wrote:
I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
I like it. May I steal it?
Just steal ahead :-))
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.