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Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 08/24/07 23:17
ELINTPimp wrote:
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> Refactoring your code doesn't always mean you screwed up in the design
> or within the actual logic of the code. Most of the time, it has to
> deal with improving your code to meet new business requirements.
I understand all that... and how "refactor" doesn't necessarily mean
that everything's a mess.
In fact, I just "refactored" some code in which I was passing CSV
strings, but needed to change that to an array.
But I just told my payer that I did something fundamentally wrong, and
had to fix it before I went on. Had I said I need to "refactor" my code
, it wouldn't have been clear to her what happened. Worse, I think it
would have scared her into thinking that I was another one of many
coders she's hired before who bend over backwards to avoid admitting
that they made a mistake... while charging her for it.
I realize that in some circles, that kind of biz-speak is acceptable -
but those aren't my circles.
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