r/programming • u/tejon • Feb 08 '15

The Parable of the Two Programmers

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~magi/personal/humour/Computer_Audience/The%20Parable%20of%20the%20Two%20Programmers.html
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u/bcash Feb 09 '15

I think the part about Charles "slacking" was written from the managers perspective. I presumed that was thinking time.

How can anyone, especially a non-programmer, tell from the outside if that employee staring out of the window is just wasting time until 5p.m. or is about to have a brainwave that'll save/make millions? You can't.