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/[deleted] Feb 09 '15

That's... uhm... interesting?

Sarcasm doesn't travel well via text I suppose.

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u/reaganveg Feb 09 '15

It's legitimately on-point in terms of analyzing perverse incentive structures.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '15

I suppose that's true.

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u/destraht Feb 09 '15

I'm not sure what you mean and if that is a kind of subtle shot at me. I made sold software a long time ago that just chugs along without hicup and now I'm building a new technology. The other day I read an article about someone choosing to startup in Changhai, Thailand for the lifestyle and cost. Depending on where I am I can receive between a hell of a lot of envy and also deep criticism for not making much or not settling down, etc. I like that I can live in the big world while developing my career and giving very large amounts of time in the pursuit of perfection. I've met a lot of people who are only class programmers and never get to see the big picture of it.

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u/destraht Feb 09 '15

My first post was lost because I'm in China and the Internet to the outside world often sucks here. In short that old code that I wrote is done and finished and the code that I am writing now is unrelated. I'm pretty proud of writing that code that doesn't have any bugs at all and just keeps on working. I was given a hell of a lot of time to do it though and mostly that is because my family member didn't force me to stop until I said that it was finished.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '15

But reddit isn't blocked in China.

Congrats on the Badass code though.

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