Re: Is this code professional product? (was The Code not in ELA

["Earl Adamy" <eadamy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I worked as a consultant and developer in the industry for 30+ years and I've
seen tons of crap produced by those calling themselves programming
professionals. "Professional" code is not something created those working for,
or accredited by, a "name" company, university, or organization. "Professional"
code is something created by individuals who take pride in the quality and
completeness of their work. It is not enough that the code do the job it is
supposed to do - the business has always had large numbers of non-professional
code jockeys who believe the job is finished when the code is working.
Professionals communicate what they are doing to those who will inevitably
follow whether it be to fix bugs, perform required maintenance, or enhance the
software.

Earl

-----Original Message-----
From: cash@xxxxxxxxxxx <cash@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; Earl Adamy
<eadamy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: Is this code professional product? (was The Code not in ELA


Obviously, you haven't seen "professional" code from the places I've
seen it: IBM, AT&T, Merrill Lynch, etc.  Comments?  Meaningful Names?
These are just ideals.  In reality the true definition of
professional code is that it does the job it's supposed to do.  You'd