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  • E eyesark

    What makes a happy programmer? :laugh:

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    A happy programmer happens when you see a flabbergasted look from your client, because you delivered something they thought was impossible, in a most amazing way.....

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    • E eyesark

      What makes a happy programmer? :laugh:

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      Dalek Dave
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      When it comes in ahead of schedule, under-budget, bug-free and is accepted by the client who offers you a large bonus for your efforts and a new contract.

      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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        When it comes in ahead of schedule, under-budget, bug-free and is accepted by the client who offers you a large bonus for your efforts and a new contract.

        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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        Wayne Gaylard
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        Dalek Dave wrote:

        comes in ahead of schedule, under-budget, bug-free and is accepted by the client

        I am sure you must be from a different planet. :)

        When I was a coder, we worked on algorithms. Today, we memorize APIs for countless libraries — those libraries have the algorithms - Eric Allman

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          Dalek Dave wrote:

          comes in ahead of schedule, under-budget, bug-free and is accepted by the client

          I am sure you must be from a different planet. :)

          When I was a coder, we worked on algorithms. Today, we memorize APIs for countless libraries — those libraries have the algorithms - Eric Allman

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          Jorgen Andersson
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          Wayne Gaylard wrote:

          I am sure you must be from a different planet. :)

          He's an accountant, so you might be correct.

          Light moves faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak. List of common misconceptions

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          • D Dalek Dave

            When it comes in ahead of schedule, under-budget, bug-free and is accepted by the client who offers you a large bonus for your efforts and a new contract.

            ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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            Gary R Wheeler
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            Items 1 (ahead of schedule), 2 (under-budget), and 3 (bug-free) are neither necessary nor sufficient. Client/customer acceptance, as signified by the fact they paid you, is the sole criteria for a successful programmer. None of the criteria, with the possible exception of 'bug-free', are conditions that impact my happiness as a programmer. For me, as bug-free as I can make it is a minimum condition for happiness with a piece of code.

            Software Zen: delete this;

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            • E eyesark

              What makes a happy programmer? :laugh:

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              PIEBALDconsult
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              Didn't your parents explain that to you?

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                When it comes in ahead of schedule, under-budget, bug-free and is accepted by the client who offers you a large bonus for your efforts and a new contract.

                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                Alberto Bar Noy
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                Fata Morgana

                Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  When it comes in ahead of schedule, under-budget, bug-free and is accepted by the client who offers you a large bonus for your efforts and a new contract.

                  ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                  Jan Steyn
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                  When it comes in ahead of schedule, underover-budget, bug-free and is accepted by the client who offers you a large bonus for your efforts and a new contract.

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                    Didn't your parents explain that to you?

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                    Wonde Tadesse
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                    :laugh:

                    Wonde Tadesse MCTS

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      When it comes in ahead of schedule, under-budget, bug-free and is accepted by the client who offers you a large bonus for your efforts and a new contract.

                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                      0bx
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                      Exactly, because doing just one impossible thing a day isn't enough.

                      Giraffes are not real.

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                      • E eyesark

                        What makes a happy programmer? :laugh:

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                        snorkie
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                        5:00 pm on Friday!

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                        • E eyesark

                          What makes a happy programmer? :laugh:

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                          humam76
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                          i think accomplishment does

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                          • E eyesark

                            What makes a happy programmer? :laugh:

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                            ii_noname_ii
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                            Having the users constantly thank you for your brilliance. That's #1 for me. *smiles* "Oh, just doing my job..!" #2 is having the right music while coding...

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                            • E eyesark

                              What makes a happy programmer? :laugh:

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                              When I see a stanger in a hallway happily studying a report I created. Ok Im easily pleased.

                              The more things change the more they stay the same..(Dos is Boss)

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                              • E eyesark

                                What makes a happy programmer? :laugh:

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                                elgaabeb
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                                Working on your own software products :)

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                                  Working on your own software products :)

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                                  vivems
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                                  Exactly,Thats it.

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                                  • E eyesark

                                    What makes a happy programmer? :laugh:

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                                    kashif kiani
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                                    when after hours and hours of debugging you find the root of the bug in your code.

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                                      What makes a happy programmer? :laugh:

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                                      Matthew Graybosch
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                                      Clear requirements, sane deadlines, reliable hardware and software, a reasonably free hand to admin his own machine, and time-and-a-half for overtime.

                                      When posting here, I do not represent anybody but myself.

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                                      • K kashif kiani

                                        when after hours and hours of debugging you find the root of the bug in your code.

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                                        bagnikof
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                                        ...which opens a doorway to the new universe of bugs ;)

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                                        • K kashif kiani

                                          when after hours and hours of debugging you find the root of the bug in your code.

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                                          Petr Pohl
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                                          It's sort of ambivalent feeling, because finding your bug usually shows you, how stupid were you while writing this particular piece of code. Unless it's a bug of someone else of course :).

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