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by in CodeSOD on 2008-12-18When Rory was interviewing for his position he liked what he heard. A robust data access layer, and a company policy that dictated that if you get caught writing a non-parameterized query, you're tarred, feathered, and recommended for execution. Their rigidity and adherence to the practices, as well as an interviewer asking all of the right questions regarding secure coding and good design ultimately lead to his acceptence of the position.
Once he was finally in, he cracked open the code, excited to bask in the radiance of beautiful data access layers, secure code, and well-implemented design patterns.
Ray's life was out of control, but not in a bad way – it was just that everything was happening all at the same time. His wife was in her eighth month of pregnancy, so they were back and forth at Lamaze classes, babyproofing, and converting the spare bedroom into a nursery. Not to mention that Ray had received a better job offer and accepted, meaning that he had two weeks of transition at his old job and would have to hit the ground running as an admin at the new place.
Sebastian sat near a window, enjoying a hot dog in the warmth of the sun. The day was going wonderfully so far – he was the first to get to the newspaper that was left in the break room daily (and usually gutted by noon), he'd found a quarter face up near his desk, and his hot dog was particularly good since someone had left relish in the fridge with a note inviting anyone to help themselves. At first, he hardly noticed the hurried, heavy footsteps coming in behind him – "My f–cking VPN connection is broken again! Can't you stop fiddling with the god damn network‽"