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Article #623525Re: Hell is ... ?
From: J. Clarke
Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 01:17
Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 01:17
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On Fri, 18 May 2018 14:39:40 -0400, Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com> wrote: >Gareth's Downstairs Computer ><headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> writes: > >> On 18/05/2018 17:24, Alan Bowler wrote: >>> >>> I've always been sceptical of projects written >>> by outside consultants ever since. >> >> There are those of us who take on the client as >> though we were one of his employees, and, >> mirabile dictu, also end up training them as >> to what makes for a well structured readable >> program. > >I was a consultant for 25 years and I believe >I exerted a positive influence on the staff of >every client. > >Besides doing good work on the project itself. > >Of course if a client contracted with EDS, AA, >they got what they deserved. If you're working on code that does something that one person can understand in its entirety in a few days or weeks of study then you can be a successful consultant. I've been working the job I have now for three years and I still understand maybe 25 percent of what I have to deal with.
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X-Received: by 2002:a5e:c905:: with SMTP id z5-v6mr6890453iol.111.1526692675891; Fri, 18 May 2018 18:17:55 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: alt.folklore.computers@googlegroups.com Received: by 2002:a24:784b:: with SMTP id p72-v6ls860784itc.9.gmail; Fri, 18 May 2018 18:17:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a24:f9c3:: with SMTP id l186-v6mr4433157ith.15.1526692675197; Fri, 18 May 2018 18:17:55 -0700 (PDT) Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!b185-v6ni2301itb.0!nntp.google.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!85.12.16.69.MISMATCH!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer02.fr7!futter-mich.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad!fx18.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail From: J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Hell is ... ? Message-ID: <lmuufd91onkja7mh597vltf91rhto62mnt@4ax.com> References: <pdhsc6$idl$1@dont-email.me> <pdmuo2$iei$1@dont-email.me> <pdn2ku$dac$1@dont-email.me> <pdn6lc$5k1$1@dont-email.me> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 31 X-Complaints-To: ab...@newsdemon.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 01:17:54 UTC Organization: http://www.NewsDemon.com Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 21:17:52 -0400 X-Received-Bytes: 1867 X-Received-Body-CRC: 4036453397 Bytes: 2125 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit