• Hognoxious (unregistered) in reply to Strilanc
    Strilanc:
    I remember my "put everything in tabs" vb stage. It lasted all of 10 minutes before I realized doing it this way was retarded and started looking for better ways.
    A smart or lucky move - you may have saved yourself a lawsuit
  • (cs) in reply to barf indeedy
    barf indeedy:
    KattMan:
    barf indeedy:
    "yeaaaahhh duuuuude... I'm gonna write some cooode maaaan..."

    Honestly, that thumbs-up picture next to the article annoys me.

    Is there some reason that this site promotes appearances with work skill? Please, next time you want to put up an article about a fresh WTFer with messy VB code, make it someone who is wearing a suit and tie. :P

    Well, you may have issue with this and I understand it, but I don't feel that the image is wrong. I think it adequately represents the image of the average student, not the poor programmer. Many times in the past Alex has used the "dude in a suit" to represent an article, and we all know nearly every article here is about some stupid thing someone has done.

    yeah... I've counted plenty of college students in such attire, so point taken. :) I guess it's always unnerved me that it seems to be a common view of certain companies out there, as though "the suit makes the man".

    Nor am I saying I wouldn't wear a suit for the right job. I surely will for a great workplace. Although that doesn't mean I have to like the suit. ;-)

    1.) "Having to wear a suit" and "great workplace" - isn't that mutually exclusive (at least in our business) ? Correct me if I am wrong.

    2.) If you are at work wearing clothes you do not like it is not such a great workplace after all ...

  • (cs) in reply to dkf
    dkf:
    KattMan:
    I have gotten where I am by working hard, hitting the books on my own time, I have half a degree but never finished way back when. I took all the theory but none of the "soft classes" like English and such to attain the requirements for the degree.
    There's a Real WTF! University isn't just about getting qualified for work...

    Yeah, it about writing your prof's research pubs and books, slaving away as a grad student, learning to write (hopefully winning) grant posposals as a PhD and publishing first. It involves buckling down to people higher in the hierarchy and kicking anybody lower in the heirarchy.

  • steveOC (unregistered)

    Whilst this article shows us how a 'programmer's first foray into a paid peice of work snowballs into a nightmare - its really an illustration of poor requirements analysis more than anything else.

    There is NO WAY that an application whose purpose in life is to generate flyers can end up with thousands of controls and drop down lists covered by dozens of tabs.

    Without even looking at the specs, I would be willing to bet that if you sat down with the customer, and analysed the requirements in a sane manner, then you would agree that a simple interface, and a simple short stint of development would satisfy the customers actual NEEDS 100%.

    Most 'new programmers' tend to ignore the customer's needs, and drive the development in such a way that it gives them reason and scope to try out ideas that they want to gain experience in.

    Guiseppe needs to be placed into a jar of isopropyl alcohol, and donated to medical science.

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