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I'm pretty sure it's not because I'm getting old ...

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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    ... but some of the QA questions just make me want to hit something / someone. No links, no names ... but he has code like this:

                    if(a>0)
                    {
                        MessageBox.Show("DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY");
                    }
    

    And he wants me to add this for him, because he can't work it out:

    else
    {
    MessageBox.Show("RECORD ALREADY EXISTS");
    }

    I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :omg:

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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    megaadam
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    The only reasonable pair for "DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY" is "RECORD ALREADY EXIST"

    "If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      ... but some of the QA questions just make me want to hit something / someone. No links, no names ... but he has code like this:

                      if(a>0)
                      {
                          MessageBox.Show("DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY");
                      }
      

      And he wants me to add this for him, because he can't work it out:

      else
      {
      MessageBox.Show("RECORD ALREADY EXISTS");
      }

      I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :omg:

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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      Richard Deeming
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      Welcome to QA - you must be new here. :laugh:


      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        ... but some of the QA questions just make me want to hit something / someone. No links, no names ... but he has code like this:

                        if(a>0)
                        {
                            MessageBox.Show("DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY");
                        }
        

        And he wants me to add this for him, because he can't work it out:

        else
        {
        MessageBox.Show("RECORD ALREADY EXISTS");
        }

        I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :omg:

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        pkfox
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        I can't answer on there without violating CP profanity policy

        In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          ... but some of the QA questions just make me want to hit something / someone. No links, no names ... but he has code like this:

                          if(a>0)
                          {
                              MessageBox.Show("DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY");
                          }
          

          And he wants me to add this for him, because he can't work it out:

          else
          {
          MessageBox.Show("RECORD ALREADY EXISTS");
          }

          I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :omg:

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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          Lost User
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          I have a better one, the assignment includes the following:

          Quote:

          check if the key schoolHours is true, and if it is, set the key playtime to true

          So I suggested he needs an if clause:

          Quote:

          Thanks for your answer. Please what goes inside the if () {

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            ... but some of the QA questions just make me want to hit something / someone. No links, no names ... but he has code like this:

                            if(a>0)
                            {
                                MessageBox.Show("DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY");
                            }
            

            And he wants me to add this for him, because he can't work it out:

            else
            {
            MessageBox.Show("RECORD ALREADY EXISTS");
            }

            I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :omg:

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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            GKP1992
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            Witnessing such laziness/cluelessness costs brain cells. I'm sorry for your loss.

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            • G GKP1992

              Witnessing such laziness/cluelessness costs brain cells. I'm sorry for your loss.

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              dandy72
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              Remember, the world's population is going up, while the average IQ is a constant.

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                ... but some of the QA questions just make me want to hit something / someone. No links, no names ... but he has code like this:

                                if(a>0)
                                {
                                    MessageBox.Show("DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY");
                                }
                

                And he wants me to add this for him, because he can't work it out:

                else
                {
                MessageBox.Show("RECORD ALREADY EXISTS");
                }

                I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :omg:

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                Mike Hankey
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                Is ChatGPT learning to ask questions as well as answer? If so it is imitating humans pretty good.

                Give me coffee to change the things I can and wine for those I can not! PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - An updated version available! JaxCoder.com Latest Article: Simon Says, A Child's Game

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  ... but some of the QA questions just make me want to hit something / someone. No links, no names ... but he has code like this:

                                  if(a>0)
                                  {
                                      MessageBox.Show("DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY");
                                  }
                  

                  And he wants me to add this for him, because he can't work it out:

                  else
                  {
                  MessageBox.Show("RECORD ALREADY EXISTS");
                  }

                  I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :omg:

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                  Dan Neely
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                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                  I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :OMG:

                  Embrace the power of "AND". As in "I need a mug of :beer:, a glass of 🍷, and a shot of 🥃; to deal with that level of stupidity."

                  Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    ... but some of the QA questions just make me want to hit something / someone. No links, no names ... but he has code like this:

                                    if(a>0)
                                    {
                                        MessageBox.Show("DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY");
                                    }
                    

                    And he wants me to add this for him, because he can't work it out:

                    else
                    {
                    MessageBox.Show("RECORD ALREADY EXISTS");
                    }

                    I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :omg:

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                    rnbergren
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                    I chalk this up to those moments when something is so obvious but I can't see it. I remember one time having to bang my head against a wall. Gave up and asked team for advice. setup in conference room to review where I was having issues. as soon as I looked at it in the conference room. I could then "see" the issue and fixed it in moments. I think these users are sometimes having that sort of well brain fart moment.

                    To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      ... but some of the QA questions just make me want to hit something / someone. No links, no names ... but he has code like this:

                                      if(a>0)
                                      {
                                          MessageBox.Show("DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY");
                                      }
                      

                      And he wants me to add this for him, because he can't work it out:

                      else
                      {
                      MessageBox.Show("RECORD ALREADY EXISTS");
                      }

                      I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :omg:

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                      Lost User
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                      Soon to be followed by: "How to update record?"

                      "Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I

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                        Remember, the world's population is going up, while the average IQ is a constant.

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                        Daniel Pfeffer
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                        dandy72 wrote:

                        the world's population is going up, while the average IQ is a constant.

                        It's actually the total IQ that is constant; the average is therefore going down! :-\

                        Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                          ... but some of the QA questions just make me want to hit something / someone. No links, no names ... but he has code like this:

                                          if(a>0)
                                          {
                                              MessageBox.Show("DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY");
                                          }
                          

                          And he wants me to add this for him, because he can't work it out:

                          else
                          {
                          MessageBox.Show("RECORD ALREADY EXISTS");
                          }

                          I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll ... :omg:

                          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                          jschell
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                          OriginalGriff wrote:

                          I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll

                          Someone new to programming is, well, new to programming. Nothing is obvious when one has never programmed before. With decades of experience with multiple languages it becomes easier to guess at solutions and also much easier to know how to write a google search string that will produce a correct answer. Or any answer.

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                            I chalk this up to those moments when something is so obvious but I can't see it. I remember one time having to bang my head against a wall. Gave up and asked team for advice. setup in conference room to review where I was having issues. as soon as I looked at it in the conference room. I could then "see" the issue and fixed it in moments. I think these users are sometimes having that sort of well brain fart moment.

                            To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer

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                            jschell
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                            #16

                            At my level of experience I always expect that now. I will ask a colleague to look at the code with me knowing that as I explain the problem to them and show them the code that I will figure out the solution myself.

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                              The only reasonable pair for "DATA SAVE SUCESSSFULLY" is "RECORD ALREADY EXIST"

                              "If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

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                              Nelek
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                              More obvious would be: "DATA SAVE UNSUCCESSFULLY" ;P :-D

                              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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                              • J jschell

                                OriginalGriff wrote:

                                I can't decide if he's unbelievably lazy, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time, or a troll

                                Someone new to programming is, well, new to programming. Nothing is obvious when one has never programmed before. With decades of experience with multiple languages it becomes easier to guess at solutions and also much easier to know how to write a google search string that will produce a correct answer. Or any answer.

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                                jmaida
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                                Jschell, well said about "new to programming". I can remember my early days were a grand exploration of logic. Got hooked. When I look back at old code its like looking into my mind from the past and thinking "what was I thinking?". Both good and bad code.

                                "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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                                • J jschell

                                  At my level of experience I always expect that now. I will ask a colleague to look at the code with me knowing that as I explain the problem to them and show them the code that I will figure out the solution myself.

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                                  Mike Winiberg
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                                  THis is, of course, the real benefit of pair programming. My (admittedly limited) experience of how pair programming works in large orgs is that it is competition, not collaboration. Which makes it less than helpful.

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                                    THis is, of course, the real benefit of pair programming. My (admittedly limited) experience of how pair programming works in large orgs is that it is competition, not collaboration. Which makes it less than helpful.

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                                    Kate X257
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                                    I made up a type of pair programming, where we share the screen over zoom, and I only watch / help whenever they have a question. Does the same thing, but I can get work done in the downtime, and we don't have to schedule stuff.

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                                      Soon to be followed by: "How to update record?"

                                      "Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I

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                                      Clumpco
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                                      And then...

                                      if(a="999")
                                      {
                                      MessageBox.Show("DATA DELETERATED");
                                      MessageBox.Show("ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US");
                                      }

                                      So old that I did my first coding in octal via switches on a DEC PDP 8

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                                      • K Kate X257

                                        I made up a type of pair programming, where we share the screen over zoom, and I only watch / help whenever they have a question. Does the same thing, but I can get work done in the downtime, and we don't have to schedule stuff.

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                                        Mike Winiberg
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                                        That sounds very sensible. I went to an job interview once at a big gov. - supposedly 'agile' - dev place. I was given a pair programming task to write a test for a function, using tools I was already very familiar with. As soon as I sat at the keyboard I could see a glaring error in the function I was supposedly testing (an uninitialised variable in a language that enforces initialisation), so not only would the test fail, the code wouldn't even compile. My pair stopped me correcting that error until I had written a test that showed the function failing - which of course couldn't be done because the code wouldn't compile. I wasn't offered the job, as I wasn't a good fit for their culture... 8)

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                                        • J jschell

                                          At my level of experience I always expect that now. I will ask a colleague to look at the code with me knowing that as I explain the problem to them and show them the code that I will figure out the solution myself.

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                                          seismofish
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                                          You don't even need a human. I find explaining things to my cat can have the same effect.

                                          <°}}}>«<

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