• (cs) in reply to Maurits

    Maurits:
    Anonymous:
    The grades originally ran from 1 to 4.  Then 4 was dropped because it was worthless, and since 2 was the commonest grade, it was divided into upper and lower classes to get a better grade spread.


    ROTFL :-) :-) :-)

    3 - the new 4.
    2:2 - the new 3.
    2:1 - the new 2.

    Reminds me of all the fast food places around here that sell three sizes of soft drink cups... medium, large, and super-size.

    My company used to do employee reviews on a 5-point scale.  1 was "you're fired" and 5 was "you walk on water".  Of course, no one ever got either of those, so they changed the scale to a 3-point scale, where 1 was the old 2, 2 was the old 3, etc.  Of course, then managers complained that the scale wasn't granular enough, so they let them start using .5 values between each...  So now we're back at a 5-point scale again, just compressed.  [:)]  Actually, at one point they even suggested using .5 beyond the boundaries as well, which would have been a 7-point scale...

  • (cs) in reply to MikeB
    MikeB:

    Finally! Now I can draw my self-portrait. MS Paint. Never thought of that.

    [image]


    Say hi to Snuffleupagus for me!
  • (cs) in reply to richleick

    richleick:

    Mine too.  I actually had a boss who REQUIRED every IF statement to have a corresponding ELSE and no negative logic.  So instead of coding:

    If not true
       [insert code here]
    end if

    You had to code
    If true
      [don't do anything but it's still required]
    else
      [insert real code here]
    end if

    This is a perfect example of why every program should have an isNotTrue() function. For bonus points, use it only when the case requiring action is when isNotTrue(x) == false, and then only to change the truth value of x.

    if ( isNotTrue(x) )
      // do nothing
    else
      x = makeFalse(x)

    This will confuse your manager just enough so that he'll think you're really, really smart.

  • (cs) in reply to John Bigboote
    John Bigboote:
    MikeB:

    Finally! Now I can draw my self-portrait. MS Paint. Never thought of that.

    [image]


    Say hi to Snuffleupagus for me!

    And all this time I thought it was Snuffleuffagus.

  • (cs) in reply to Gene Wirchenko
    Gene Wirchenko:
    brazzy:
    But the real kicker here, which you apparently didn't even notice, is "C+" - there is no such language!


    Google is your friend.  There apparently really is a C+ programming language.  There might even be two of them.


    Google is indeed my friend, whom I asked before posting and the only thing he came up with was something called "C+-" that is clearly a joke:

    http://www.baetzler.de/humor/c_more_or_less.html

    I've found that my relationship with my friend Google is much more rewarding when I actually follow up a bit on the leads he gives me rather than judging them on first glance.
  • (cs) in reply to brazzy
    brazzy:
    Gene Wirchenko:
    brazzy:
    But the real kicker here, which you apparently didn't even notice, is "C+" - there is no such language!


    Google is your friend.  There apparently really is a C+ programming language.  There might even be two of them.


    Google is indeed my friend, whom I asked before posting and the only thing he came up with was something called "C+-" that is clearly a joke:

    http://www.baetzler.de/humor/c_more_or_less.html

    I've found that my relationship with my friend Google is much more rewarding when I actually follow up a bit on the leads he gives me rather than judging them on first glance.


    You need to cuddle up a bit more then.  C+- is a joke language, but there are other links.

    I would suggest that you only looked on the first page, but this link is on the first page:
    http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2002.7.4.183710.3582.html

    Further along is:
    http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=16&q=http://conferences.iop.org/COL/Csanyi.pdf&e=9797
    which is for a scaled-down version of C++ called C+.

    And there is also:
    http://www.kr.tuwien.ac.at/staff/lukasiew/gtap.html
    which refers to a different C+.

    Sincerely,

    Gene Wirchenko

  • (cs) in reply to Gene Wirchenko
    Gene Wirchenko:
    You need to cuddle up a bit more then.  C+- is a joke language, but there are other links.

    I would suggest that you only looked on the first page, but this link is on the first page:
    http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2002.7.4.183710.3582.html


    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! "Richie Kerninghan's language 'C+' that C++ is based on".
    That's an even better joke than C+-!

    BTW I did look at the first and second page, but it's hard to find anything among the numerous entries that are misspellings of C++.

    Gene Wirchenko:
    Further along is:
    http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=16&q=http://conferences.iop.org/COL/Csanyi.pdf&e=9797
    which is for a scaled-down version of C++ called C+.

    And there is also:
    http://www.kr.tuwien.ac.at/staff/lukasiew/gtap.html
    which refers to a different C+.


    OK, there do seem to exist obscure academical languages called C+, but I think you'll agree that it's unlikely that the resume writer meant them or that any emplyoer would consider experience in them specifically useful.

  • (cs) in reply to Satanicpuppy
    Satanicpuppy:

    Suspicious person that I am, I am always skeptical of people who use words that have no specific definition to describe the amount of their experience.

    Myself I would say, "Four years of developer experience in Java and J2EE, primarily focused on applets and GUIs."

    I'd much rather someone take a look at my qualifications, realize I'm not qulified for the job, and pass me up, than get picked up for a job because someone thinks I can do something I can't resulting in stress and aggrivation for everyone involved.


    I would much rather someone look at my qualifications, realize I'm a good programmer, and teach me to details of J2EE if that is what they need.   

    I have never met a computer buzzword that was particularly hard to learn once I got down to do it.  
  • (cs) in reply to Stormy
    Anonymous:
    Ah the dotcom days... when idiots showed up to interviews in jeans and thought they were worth 100K.


    Why do I have a suspicion that you would pay an idiot in a suit 200K?

  • (cs) in reply to C++ Guy
    Anonymous:
    This is how I spell C++. Apparently Stroustrup also spells it like this. What am I missing here?


    I spell it CeePlusPlus, but that's only because I spent too much time on the c2 Wiki.
  • (cs) in reply to Nagoff
    Anonymous:
    I once interviewed a chap who's CV helpfully explained that the reason he only obtained a 2:2 for his CS degree was because he was stressed due to being charged with murder at the time.
    I made sure I took a colleague into that interview and again needless to say we didn't make any job offers that day...


    Guilty until proven innocent, isn't it?

  • (cs) in reply to Otto
    Otto:

    And if you tell my employer that I know COBOL then I will murder you in your sleep, I swear it.



    Don't say that or Richard Nixon will haunt you forever.

    (Well, until you murder him in his sleep, that is.)

  • (cs) in reply to RevMike
    RevMike:
    Instead, highlight the skills and packages that have relevance.  I usually hire for Java and database skills.  Sybase, DB2, Oracle, and SqlServer experience is relevent.  Java and J2EE are relevent.  C++, dot-octothorpe, and smalltalk are relevent in that significant chunks of experience can translate nicely to java.  I don't care about PowerPoint.


    Relevent skills:
    dot-octothorpe

    What a killer!

  • (cs) in reply to Alexis de Torquemada

    Alexis de Torquemada:
    Don't say that or Richard Nixon will haunt you forever.

    (Well, until you murder him in his sleep, that is.)

    <FONT face="Courier New" size=2>a budding chuck norris look-alike gets his start.</FONT>

  • (cs) in reply to Alexis de Torquemada
    Alexis de Torquemada:


    Relevent skills:
    dot-octothorpe

    What a killer!



    I was hoping that one would be enjoyable.
  • djfaero76 (unregistered) in reply to Richard Nixon

    I am thrilled to see that, after working in IT for 25 years and designing and building some of the greatest software found on this planet (obviously I'm not a Microsoft employee), that I should have stayed home, had kids, and become fat and happy.  Thanks for sharing your insight.

  • (cs) in reply to richleick

    Perhaps your boss got burnt by those programmers who will code:

    IF blahblahblah
        do this
    END IF

    which translates to "if blahblahblah doesn't happen" I'll just let the next line of code execute because I don't know that something else COULD happen. 

     

     

  • Your Name (unregistered) in reply to KenW

    or Visual Internet

    Well, they think

  • Michael (unregistered) in reply to Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon:

    Well, wouldn't you be stressed if you had a murder charge hanging over you? Frankly, the fact that he got a "2:2" (I have no idea what that means or what the colon signifies, perhaps a typo and he got a 2.2?) is impressive.


    A 2:2 is a lower second class degree. The degrees issued by British universities (not colleges, mind, they're something different over here) rank from first class (highest), upper second class (2:1), lower second class (2:2), to third class (lowest - apart from a complete fail :)

    Actually, your 2.2 GPA assumption probably isn't too far off the mark!


  • Chris (unregistered) in reply to RevMike

    This is an area where I really like Perl's idiomatic use of 'or'...

    thing.works() or complain("thing not working!");

    The best use of that in perl is

    do_work() or die;

  • Nate Waddoups (unregistered) in reply to Chris

    Perl's greatest feature is "unless."  I use it in all of my C/C++ projects, as follows:

    #define unless(x) if(!(x))

    (Note to any potential employer doing a background seach on me in the years to come:  This is humor.  I promise that I will never do anything like this in your code.  Ever.)

  • Stuart Longland (unregistered)

    Regarding MS Paint… don't laugh.

    I work for a company that deals a lot with process automation, and in particular, a SCADA system called Citect.

    Citect 6's screens are largely bitmap based. It's been a running joke that we should charge for Citect SCADA screens by the pixel.

    I see many a SCADA engineer working with the bitmap drawing tool in Citect zoomed in literally hand-crafting the HMI (human-machine interface) much like a pixel artist with MS Paint.

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