When the arrogant know-it-all in your team is not you. - UPDATE
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
As a Dutch saying goes:
Quote:
de beste stuurlui staan aan wal
(the best mates are ashore) :-\
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Hmm. That sounds a good idea if killing them first wasn't the plan! :cool:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Won't make any difference in the end, or so I'm told. Amazing these things you learn when you grow up next to a dairy farm.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I refer you to Simon Travaglia (AKA the BOFH) for ideas on dealing with management, beancounters, consultants, HR droids, "users", and colleagues. :D
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Forogar wrote:
Where is the best place to bury a body?
IMHO, that's the wrong approach. I suggest instead promoting him to a position where he doesn't have access to source code. /ravi
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Forogar wrote:
Where is the best place to bury a body?
IMHO, that's the wrong approach. I suggest instead promoting him to a position where he doesn't have access to source code. /ravi
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I work for butchers, I could probably sell it as pork. However, if you make it look like an accident you may not have to hide it at all. However, that may be too... Humane. If you really want him to suffer, without breaking any laws, tell him you really need the application to print a report using Crystal Reports and he's the one who should make it because no one else is smart enough.
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Don't you have any dark closet where you can place him to review the biggest legacy project you can find in the gvnt division (preferrably in VB6)?
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Ah what a wealth of excellent ideas, you would think this scenario was common. The body to the piggery or dung heap but keep the head and put it on a spike outside the common meeting room (sorry RossMW this is close to your suggestion). I do like the Crystal Reports suggestion and if you make him code it in VB it would just add that little twist of angst to the project. However I would use a cluebat and duct tape. Belt him with the cluebat as he enters the meeting then tape his mouth shut. Watch as he turns beet red with frustration.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Fortunately, I live in a desert, so that's half the solution right there.
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Fortunately, I live in a desert, so that's half the solution right there.
Are you volunteering to dispose of the "package"?
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Are you volunteering to dispose of the "package"?
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More like location scouting for a finder's fee.
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Forogar wrote:
Where is the best place to bury a body
No, no, no! You've got it all wrong. Take the head and mount it on a pike outside the castle walls as a warning to others. The rest of the body dump in a culvert somewhere nearby, dressed only in a pink tutu.
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Forogar wrote:
Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;-P
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote:
Where is the best place to bury a body?
IMHO, that's the wrong approach. I suggest instead promoting him to a position where he doesn't have access to source code. /ravi
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:) Exactly
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I've got 20 acres in Arizona, and a backhoe. Let's talk... ;)
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I work for butchers, I could probably sell it as pork. However, if you make it look like an accident you may not have to hide it at all. However, that may be too... Humane. If you really want him to suffer, without breaking any laws, tell him you really need the application to print a report using Crystal Reports and he's the one who should make it because no one else is smart enough.
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Sander Rossel wrote:
you really need the application to print a report using Crystal Reports in VB6 and he's the one who should make it because no one else is smart enough.
FTFY!
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I have been a professional programmer/developer/whatever since 1980. I wrote my first working program in 1975 (it worked first time, and the rest is history). I know a lot of stuff, I have forgotten more stuff than a lot of people know, I have a PhD in CS and have worked every position (in five countries and two continents) from Junior Programmer on a mainframe to Director of Software Development in a couple of companies doing everything from expert systems to language interpreters to tape robot control. I have written standards documents at a lot of companies and trained many, many developers in HTML, XML, multi-threading, and other useful stuff. I have now taken a position as a Senior Software Engineer in the government as a sort of retirement job (the medical and pension plans are great!). Then a member of my team insists on plugging React into our huge web-based intranet system, breaks everything in sight but still insists he is right and we should all change everything to fit his new idea of how things should be done. In addition he spends at least half of every code-review explaining why our established naming conventions should be changed to the way he does it because he read an article by someone who worked on Farcebook who suggested some conventions. My question is: Where is the best place to bury a body? Just asking for a friend. ;P [Update] Our wonderful manager has moved him to another team. The complaints have already started. Now I am really asking for a friend!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Its a bit amazing and scary at the same time, how much traction a murderous idea is getting by people of profession which are generally known as introverts and socially awkward. Then again that might be the reason why. I may just be scared because I'm the know-it-all in my team :^)
