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From: hbonney@netcom.com (Hugh Bonney)
Subject: Re: source of TCP/IP (was I hope this wont ignite a major flame ...)
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References: <31od8d$15l@fw.novatel.ca> <31pc9l$ctp@oscar.agcs.com> <Cu0L6w.Ms1@calcite.rhyolite.com> <321ub2$k71@herald.indirect.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 1994 03:12:15 GMT
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In article <321ub2$k71@herald.indirect.com> you wrote:
: > (forget who)
: >Wrong. People who write garbage code like that are amateurs who won't
: >get the job offers from outfits worth working for.
: Unfortunately, they do get job offers and cause the rest of us grief.
: Even more unfortunate is most managers don't know better and even prefer
: this kind of programming because they can get the product out the door
: quickly and beat the competition. Of course, now the original programmer
: has left the company and the manager can't understand why the maintenance
: programmers are having such a difficult time trying to get all the bugs out
: of the new feature they just added.
Actually, today's interviwers heavily favor a hacker style. Because
of all the amazingly hyped resumes floating around, people are now
required to memorize every bit they ever worked with - they will be
asked about them in the effort to ferret out the fakes. If you are
a careful programmer and use reasonable coding standards, you are
at a disadvantage with respect to someone who defined nothing and
spent lots of time hunting up bits in memory. **People who haven't
interviewed in a few years may be in for an unpleasant surprise.**
I think some people walk through buildings and put all the projects
therein on their resumes. In fairness to employers, it apparently
has become difficult to discharge people for poor performance (I
am not really up on that).
Hugh ---------