Unsolved The Art of programming
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@fcarney
So true! At least I know I am not alone....One step worse: your example implies when they see it they say "we didn't want it done (looking) that way, we wanted it done this way". But I often get: "we don't want that at all, we want it to do something totally different from what we said we wanted it to do". :(
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That happens sometimes too.
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Don't worry guys. We can do anything. Absolutely anything. We are the experts.
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@Chris-Kawa said in The Art of programming:
We can do anything.
I have been in meetings like that. That is why I prefer technical meetings with only technical people.
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Even though everyone is entitled to my opinion, I should probably stay out of this conversation.
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@Kent-Dorfman
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"We just need to get this feature in now. Fast. We'll care about the architecture and the cleanup later. Promised."
That's how it goes for every feature.
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Unfortunately the "art of programming" is being replaced with the "assembly line mentality" of programming. Can you say agile?
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@Kent-Dorfman I think I see what you mean. I was asked to add some features to some code. The architecture was very basic and inflexible. I rewrote the code and now it is some of the fastest in that industry. The customer was not sure what to think at first, then they realized their code was much more maintainable and higher performing. They were very satisfied with the code in the end. They wanted a cheap fix, they got a better design.
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@fcarney I'm often tempted to borrow the motto of the late great Red Adair, "I can do it right; I can do it fast; I can do it cheap. Pick two."
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@mzimmers I'm pretty sure a total denial of that motto is a hard requirement to be in any company business unit: manager, executive, operations director, marketer, etc.