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  • S SoMad

    That is pretty funny :). Have you outsourced anything since then? Soren Madsen

    "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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    Marco Bertschi
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    SoMad wrote:

    Have you outsourced anything since then?

    Nope. We are now writing the code in english on-site. And we still try to retranslate the polish code back to english.

    cheers Marco Bertschi


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      SoMad wrote:

      Have you outsourced anything since then?

      Nope. We are now writing the code in english on-site. And we still try to retranslate the polish code back to english.

      cheers Marco Bertschi


      Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal Freedom, son, is a dirty shirt - The Boss

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      SoMad
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      Marco Bertschi wrote:

      And we still try to retranslate the polish code back to english

      :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is priceless. Sorry, I feel bad for you guys. Give me just a minute to stop laughing and get up off the floor :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Soren Madsen

      "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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      • S SoMad

        Marco Bertschi wrote:

        And we still try to retranslate the polish code back to english

        :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is priceless. Sorry, I feel bad for you guys. Give me just a minute to stop laughing and get up off the floor :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Soren Madsen

        "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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        SoMad wrote:

        Sorry, I feel bad for you guys.

        No need to do so. We just hired another polish dev to write the code for updates of the app until we fully translated the source.

        cheers Marco Bertschi


        Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal Freedom, son, is a dirty shirt - The Boss

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          SoMad wrote:

          Sorry, I feel bad for you guys.

          No need to do so. We just hired another polish dev to write the code for updates of the app until we fully translated the source.

          cheers Marco Bertschi


          Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal Freedom, son, is a dirty shirt - The Boss

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          SoMad
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          You did what!!! Hmmm...I think I need some time to figure out if that is a brilliant move or if it is the mother of bad decisions :-O Soren Madsen

          "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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          • S SoMad

            You did what!!! Hmmm...I think I need some time to figure out if that is a brilliant move or if it is the mother of bad decisions :-O Soren Madsen

            "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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            Marco Bertschi
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            I am not sure but I certainly hope that the new pole is writing the additional code in english :rolleyes:

            cheers Marco Bertschi


            Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal Freedom, son, is a dirty shirt - The Boss

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            • M Marco Bertschi

              I am not sure but I certainly hope that the new pole is writing the additional code in english :rolleyes:

              cheers Marco Bertschi


              Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal Freedom, son, is a dirty shirt - The Boss

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              SoMad
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              [Dear Lord. Please let the new Polak code and document in Polish too] :-\ I am so sorry, but this is the funniest thing I have seen all week. I don't want it to end :cool: Soren Madsen

              "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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              • M Marco Bertschi

                We outsourced the programming of an application to a pole (or whatever people from poland are called) contractor once. What did we get? The whole program written in polish, even the documentation was in polish.

                cheers Marco Bertschi


                Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal Freedom, son, is a dirty shirt - The Boss

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                szukuro
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                That's what you get when after the first review you provide the feedback "it's mostly good but needs more polish" :laugh:

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                • A Andy Bantly

                  The best thing I ever saw while debugging code was comments in Polish. The variables were also given Polish names so discerning the possible usage was more difficult. I asked a Polish programmer to please translate the comments and he told me there was not an English translation possible. I've always thought that was funny. To this day, in the code, when someone wants to use the buffer class they construct a CBoffo, usually called Boffo. It always reminds me of Hans and Franz doing a SNL skit.

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                  Mike Marynowski
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                  Hahaha, kind of hilarious, but easily avoidable. Should have asked for a code review early in the dev cycle to make sure this new contractor was up to snuff.

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                  • M Mike Marynowski

                    Hahaha, kind of hilarious, but easily avoidable. Should have asked for a code review early in the dev cycle to make sure this new contractor was up to snuff.

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                    Marco Bertschi
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                    Mike Marynowski wrote:

                    Should have asked for a code review early in the dev cycle to make sure this new contractor was up to snuff.

                    We shouldn't have asked him "to polish the app a bit".

                    cheers Marco Bertschi


                    Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal

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                    • A Andy Bantly

                      The best thing I ever saw while debugging code was comments in Polish. The variables were also given Polish names so discerning the possible usage was more difficult. I asked a Polish programmer to please translate the comments and he told me there was not an English translation possible. I've always thought that was funny. To this day, in the code, when someone wants to use the buffer class they construct a CBoffo, usually called Boffo. It always reminds me of Hans and Franz doing a SNL skit.

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                      Lutoslaw
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                      Did he use Polish diacritic in the variable names (like "ą ę ó" etc.)? That would be awful. BTW I have no idea what the hell is "Boffo"... it sounds like a joke to me. Once I was working on a project in which there was a requirement to name database columns in Polish. :doh: Maybe it's because the rest of it was in Deutsch. The code was in English, though, while comments still in Polish...

                      Greetings - Jacek

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