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

[cash@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I agree with you 101%

Your description of professional code is excellent.  But 
unfortunately too many managers with deadlines wouldn't give 
a rat's ass as long as it gets accepted by QA.

I'm sending this to you and not the list as I think we're starting to 
go too "off list" too waste other people's time and disk space.

Glad to hear there are others out there who think as I do.

Cash
(consultant and developer for only 15 years, driven to trading 
by one to many managers with a "Let's get it out the door and fix it 
later" attitude with later never coming).


> v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
> 
> 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
> 
> 
"I used to have a handle on life, but it broke."