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Article #624788Re: The Peter Principle
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:37
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:37
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On 2018-07-06, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > On 6 Jul 2018 15:50:16 GMT > Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: > >> On 2018-07-06, Gareth's Downstairs Computer >> <headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> Do incompetent computer programmers become technical authors? >> >> Nah, they go straight into management. > > Yep, the sad thing is when it happens to competent programmers. Which brings to mind that old Unix joke: A programmer went into management and turned out to be quite good at it. One of his old buddies, remembering how much fun he had as a programmer, asked him whether he ever considered moving back. "No," the manager said. "As you know, there is no return for a successful exec()." -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ Fight low-contrast text in web pages! http://contrastrebellion.com
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