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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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    • 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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      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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            • 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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              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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                • P PIEBALDconsult

                  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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                              • E elgaabeb

                                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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                                  • E eyesark

                                    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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                                        • E elgaabeb

                                          Working on your own software products :)

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                                          b10543748
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                                          When that happens, Programing = Art. :)

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