Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 08/29/07 16:35

Steve wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message

> but that's just me. everything is a rewrite...or an origination. what
> benefit is it to anyone to split hairs over a term that is itself, already
> controvertial and unclear?
>
> don't get me wrong, jerry. i think saunders kaufman has his head squarely up
> his ass, which explains why he's 'in the dark' on this topic. however, i've
> done all the 'extreme' stuff including paired programming, bidding, etc.. as
> i've said, it comes from common practices in other fields all the way back
> to the early 1900's. ain't nothn' 'extreme' about it as far as programming
> is concerned. as for the lingo associated with it, may it forever be limited
> to the context of the book that espoused it. for me, i use specifics when i
> need someone else to understand what i'm doing or what they need to do.
> 'refactoring' is not specific enough.

It's always so wild when someone STARTS by saying I have my head up my
butt, and then GOES ON to say why they agree with me about stuff.

But I wonder - what is it about the nature of this industry that seems
draw such self-contradictory folks in *droves*.

I mean, if it was just here and there, it would be one thing. But our
industry has become somewhat of a national joke because of this kind of
bad character.

I'm not a very good coder - probably never will be - but I get a lot of
gigs where the client says something like, "Hey, your not as belligerent
as the last 12 web developers I hired" or "Wow, that's pretty
straight-forward. How come the last 8 developers couldn't say it that
plainly?".

The reason is obvious, would you rather hire a genius to belittle you,
your company and your project - or a half-wit who will get the job done.

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