A happy programmer
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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
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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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[^]
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:
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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[^]
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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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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Didn't your parents explain that to you?
:laugh:
Wonde Tadesse MCTS
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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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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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when after hours and hours of debugging you find the root of the bug in your code.
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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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when after hours and hours of debugging you find the root of the bug in your code.
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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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For myself?
- Stable requirements;
- A clean development environment;
- Absolutely no interference from management!
(This message is programming you in ways you cannot detect. Be afraid.)