by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @06:47AM (#38661672)
As a Human Resource Manager I will tell you that this whole article merely displays the anti-authority attitude that many people in the IT field have. The author self-validates his own beliefs and cognitive biases by not only ignoring and fighting against his superiors, but by setting them up to fail. If the code (referred to in the article) were well written and commented, then the executive who took a programming course should have had no problem completing the task. Well written and structured code should be easy to modify and improve.
I personally always find resistance from IT people when trying to get them to do something. Usually they are just too lazy and stubborn to complete tasks in a time efficient manner. When I remotely monitor their computer screens, for example, I often see 1 or 2 minutes at a time when code is not being typed into the terminal. There is no excuse for such laziness. And many of them want to be paid for "over-time" when they don't complete their tasks in a time-efficient manner. But I tell you, if they don't bother to finish their tasks in the scheduled time then they shouldn't expect to get free money by working over time.
Many programmers in fact are socialists. I've noticed that many of them are against businesses and capitalism, as can be seen by their anti-SOPA, and pro-copyright-theft ideologies. If programmers would be smart enough then they wouldn't be programmers, they would be a boss like me telling them what to do. It's obvious that the people complaining about their superiors are just jealous.
I guess since this is Slashdot I can expect to be moderated down because people just can't handle the truth.
When I remotely monitor their computer screens, for example, I often see 1 or 2 minutes at a time when code is not being typed into the terminal. There is no excuse for such laziness.
So you'd rather have a programmer write junk so that the terminal appears busy? Let me inform you that I can write a script to populate my terminal regularly, so that people like you get satisfied, while I continue to do what I want.
Remember that a big portion of getting good code written takes place in the head, not at the point of typing.
I remember times I had to think and obtain a particular solution while driving home, then get it implemented the moment I am at work. So as I am refreshing my mental facu
Hush. Use market discrimination, as they teach in microeconomics. If your market is filled with people who might have trouble locating the ON switch to their machines, use lots of pastels in your program, and spend half your time polishing the UI (yes, you need a GUI, in this instance, it's not optional). If your market is filled with people who know how to program, focus on the background stuff, and use a CLI (unless you like GUIs, at which point, go with that).
I'm awarding you the Slashdot Satire Award for the day. It's not expensive, consisting of an opened can of tuna that's gone ripe, but the sentiment is hearty.
If someone is a troll, but really funny, should that be modded down as "troll" or modded up as "humour"? (That said, if I had a real "Human Resource Manager" like that, I can promise that we would have a meeting behind the bike shed, and I would totally give up my usual non-violent attitude).
I personally always find resistance from IT people when trying to get them to do something
A funny post, but there's a lot of truth to this part. IT is a "no" department; we (I am in IT myself) have gotten great at telling other why something is impossible or why something shouldn't be done. When faced with change, we come up with issues and blockers rather than solutions. In my experience, other departments like Legal, Marketing & Sales etc often start out in the same manner, but it is easier to switch them from problem mode to solution mode. IT is more stubborn and arrogant about things
Ha ha ha! You are demonstrating the same mind-set that the author of the article was talking about.
"If the code (referred to in the article) were well written and commented, then the executive who took a programming course should have had no problem completing the task. Well written and structured code should be easy to modify and improve."
Only by somebody who is as good as the programmer who originally wrote it. In any other case, you're full of crap.
That's like saying "anybody should be able to properly tune up an old car, as long as they have the manual." Maybe that is true to a certain degree, but if they have only done a bit of car repair work before, or none, then in fact you cannot reasonably claim that they will perform as well as an
As a Human Resource Manager I will tell you that this whole article merely displays the anti-authority attitude that many people in the IT field have. The author self-validates his own beliefs and cognitive biases by not only ignoring and fighting against his superiors, but by setting them up to fail. If the code (referred to in the article) were well written and commented, then the executive who took a programming course should have had no problem completing the task. Well written and structured code should be easy to modify and improve.
This could had been an epic troll if the AC had only posted the first paragraph.
I mod-d you down, before I saw your category was "funny", so I have to comment to back that out.
I will lose a couple other mods, but your joke definitely does deserve to be heard, though it is probably a flamebait. Ie. "1-2 minutes at a time when code is not being typed into the terminal" posted on slashdot - puh-lease! Funny as hell, though, b-gard!
So, now that I'm posting anyway, would just say this whole "what not known is easy" is a perfect illustration of the danger of being impulsively optimisti
Human Resource Management Perspective (Score:5, Funny)
As a Human Resource Manager I will tell you that this whole article merely displays the anti-authority attitude that many people in the IT field have. The author self-validates his own beliefs and cognitive biases by not only ignoring and fighting against his superiors, but by setting them up to fail. If the code (referred to in the article) were well written and commented, then the executive who took a programming course should have had no problem completing the task. Well written and structured code should be easy to modify and improve.
I personally always find resistance from IT people when trying to get them to do something. Usually they are just too lazy and stubborn to complete tasks in a time efficient manner. When I remotely monitor their computer screens, for example, I often see 1 or 2 minutes at a time when code is not being typed into the terminal. There is no excuse for such laziness. And many of them want to be paid for "over-time" when they don't complete their tasks in a time-efficient manner. But I tell you, if they don't bother to finish their tasks in the scheduled time then they shouldn't expect to get free money by working over time.
Many programmers in fact are socialists. I've noticed that many of them are against businesses and capitalism, as can be seen by their anti-SOPA, and pro-copyright-theft ideologies. If programmers would be smart enough then they wouldn't be programmers, they would be a boss like me telling them what to do. It's obvious that the people complaining about their superiors are just jealous.
I guess since this is Slashdot I can expect to be moderated down because people just can't handle the truth.
You are the problem, a big one sadly. (Score:1)
When I remotely monitor their computer screens, for example, I often see 1 or 2 minutes at a time when code is not being typed into the terminal. There is no excuse for such laziness.
So you'd rather have a programmer write junk so that the terminal appears busy? Let me inform you that I can write a script to populate my terminal regularly, so that people like you get satisfied, while I continue to do what I want.
Remember that a big portion of getting good code written takes place in the head, not at the point of typing.
I remember times I had to think and obtain a particular solution while driving home, then get it implemented the moment I am at work. So as I am refreshing my mental facu
Re:You are the problem, a big one sadly. (Score:4, Informative)
GP is satire. Not even a troll.
Re:You are the problem, a big one sadly. (Score:5, Funny)
o <-- joke here
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o <-- you here
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Hush. Use market discrimination, as they teach in microeconomics. If your market is filled with people who might have trouble locating the ON switch to their machines, use lots of pastels in your program, and spend half your time polishing the UI (yes, you need a GUI, in this instance, it's not optional). If your market is filled with people who know how to program, focus on the background stuff, and use a CLI (unless you like GUIs, at which point, go with that).
And programmers do appear lazy to people of o
Re:Human Resource Management Perspective (Score:4, Funny)
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I think he deserves a "+5, Troll".
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Epic troll.
Could almost have come from some of the worst HR people I have had the misfortune to meet - congrats.
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I personally always find resistance from IT people when trying to get them to do something
A funny post, but there's a lot of truth to this part. IT is a "no" department; we (I am in IT myself) have gotten great at telling other why something is impossible or why something shouldn't be done. When faced with change, we come up with issues and blockers rather than solutions. In my experience, other departments like Legal, Marketing & Sales etc often start out in the same manner, but it is easier to switch them from problem mode to solution mode. IT is more stubborn and arrogant about things
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"If the code (referred to in the article) were well written and commented, then the executive who took a programming course should have had no problem completing the task. Well written and structured code should be easy to modify and improve."
Only by somebody who is as good as the programmer who originally wrote it. In any other case, you're full of crap.
That's like saying "anybody should be able to properly tune up an old car, as long as they have the manual." Maybe that is true to a certain degree, but if they have only done a bit of car repair work before, or none, then in fact you cannot reasonably claim that they will perform as well as an
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I had many lols XD
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As a Human Resource Manager I will tell you that this whole article merely displays the anti-authority attitude that many people in the IT field have. The author self-validates his own beliefs and cognitive biases by not only ignoring and fighting against his superiors, but by setting them up to fail. If the code (referred to in the article) were well written and commented, then the executive who took a programming course should have had no problem completing the task. Well written and structured code should be easy to modify and improve.
This could had been an epic troll if the AC had only posted the first paragraph.
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I will lose a couple other mods, but your joke definitely does deserve to be heard, though it is probably a flamebait. Ie. "1-2 minutes at a time when code is not being typed into the terminal" posted on slashdot - puh-lease! Funny as hell, though, b-gard!
So, now that I'm posting anyway, would just say this whole "what not known is easy" is a perfect illustration of the danger of being impulsively optimisti
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When I remotely monitor their computer screens, for example, I often see 1 or 2 minutes at a time when code is not being typed into the terminal.
Unlike you, as evidenced by this post, programmers actually have to think before they type.
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