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Posted by Steve on 08/29/07 21:04
"Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
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| Steve wrote:
| > "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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| > | I think Sanders is just being honest when he says he's in the dark
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| > | it. I think most programmers are.
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| > well, it's painfully obvious he doesn't. however, those other 'most'
| > programmers don't put down anything they know
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| Really?!
| In my experience, and I speak FOR myself as well, most engineering types
| are HIGHLY critical of things they don't understand.
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| It's a side-effect of keeping yourself informed. If you're a smart
| engineer, and you've kept your skills sharp, and then some businessman
| comes along and tells you that "waterfall" or "extreme" or "agile" is
| THE best way for you to work - you'd be a fool not to be critical.
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| Especially if, like so many of us here, you're an individual contributor.
you'd only be a fool NOT TO LEARN WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT...which is why
you should watch leving the word 'fool'...since you hear 'refactoring',
don't look into it, and then talk outta your ass like you understood it
(which makes you even moreso).
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