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06/27/05 19:06
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 		 #96049 - neither have I
Responding to: ???'s previous message
I have never heard of a "Hack" keeping his job becuase the boss was afraid no one could maintain known bad code.
neither have I heard of any such case. In fact I have (and have heard of) fired hacks eventhough (in one case) it took man years to recreate the code in a useable form. The aforementioned case was a hack "doing his thing" before I entered the scene, his previous supervisor had no idea what he was doing so the hack did not hold his job because of "supervisor fear" but because of "supervisor ignorance". I have held several jobs and consults with one purpose only : To make something maintainable. All such have been succeeding a hack that was fired because of non-maintainabilty of his code. One case "please add one more decimal" answer "will take 6 months" result guy fired and a recode initiated since the 6 months probably were optimistic.

Erik

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TopicAuthorDate
finally the trade press recognizes            01/01/70 00:00      
   Amen            01/01/70 00:00      
   How many seniors write 'good' code?            01/01/70 00:00      
      I wonder            01/01/70 00:00      
         Definition of Good            01/01/70 00:00      
            Good            01/01/70 00:00      
      you are wrong            01/01/70 00:00      
         Still depends.            01/01/70 00:00      
         Strong words!!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Russell            01/01/70 00:00      
               this little quirk.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  if only            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Well            01/01/70 00:00      
                        correction            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Well then            01/01/70 00:00      
                              There's the crux            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Niches            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Oh, but yes!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    no way            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       By whom then?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          Bartosz, your ramblings are not about ma            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             And then            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                The issue discussed is not open or close            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   Fair enough            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   Mandatory?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      WGASA            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         Closed source            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                            Yes.            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      simple falsehood            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         Not quite the same            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                            Oh, well            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                               Is that the point?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          PHBs don't care            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Worse            01/01/70 00:00      
            Pretty normal really...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Donald            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Whats the difference ?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Maintainable            01/01/70 00:00      
            Erik, You've yet to convince me!            01/01/70 00:00      
               I bid you peace            01/01/70 00:00      
               HLL perhaps?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Some code does not need to be maintained            01/01/70 00:00      
            oh it is            01/01/70 00:00      
               now..            01/01/70 00:00      
                  OOPS            01/01/70 00:00      
   re:trade press            01/01/70 00:00      
   an afterthought            01/01/70 00:00      
      Maintainability Vs functionability            01/01/70 00:00      
         Maint.vs functionality, design vs test            01/01/70 00:00      
            Design is not everything.            01/01/70 00:00      
               Maintainable Vs Robust code            01/01/70 00:00      
               maintainaibility is a cost saver            01/01/70 00:00      
   averagosity; job security; survivability            01/01/70 00:00      
      If bad code gives Job Security then Why?            01/01/70 00:00      
         neither have I            01/01/70 00:00      

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