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  • RE: Go Code

    This entire discussion takes me back to the days before many of you were even born, the days when COBOL (for you young sprouts that was Common Business Oriented Language)....

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Go Code

    David.Poole (11/10/2016)


    I would rather people took a course in change management.

    • What is the problem I am trying to solve?
    • How big is the problem?
    • What impact does the problem have?
    • Is the problem...

      Rick
      If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Go Code

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/10/2016)


    skeleton567 (11/10/2016)


    Sure, and more people should drive 18-wheelers on the interstates. I think I'll go over the airport and volunteer to fly a load...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Go Code

    Sure, and more people should drive 18-wheelers on the interstates. I think I'll go over the airport and volunteer to fly a load of folks to Chicago today, too.

    Having...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: A Load Of Old Cobols

    Michael J. Babcock (10/18/2016)


    Eric M Russell (10/18/2016)


    One thing that can be said for single tier development tools like MS Access and FoxPro, they allow a developer to quickly stove pipe...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: A Load Of Old Cobols

    Jeff Moden (10/17/2016)


    skeleton567 (10/17/2016)


    David.Poole (10/17/2016)


    I was aghast to find an old Clipper app still being maintained, although it didn't really need much maintaining. For next to no investment it...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: A Load Of Old Cobols

    David.Poole (10/17/2016)


    I was aghast to find an old Clipper app still being maintained, although it didn't really need much maintaining. For next to no investment it was cheerfully generating...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: A Load Of Old Cobols

    Eric M Russell (10/17/2016)


    I occasionally encounter SQL that was originally coded back in the early '90s, even though it has been migrated to newer hardware and RDMS platforms several times...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: A Load Of Old Cobols

    Two points about old code:

    I started writing COBOL back in 1969. In those days there seems to have been a fair demand for programmers and lots of them were...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Bingle is my Senior DBA

    MalD (10/9/2016)


    I'm a firm adherent to the principals contained in "Give the man a fish - feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and where...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Bingle is my Senior DBA

    Well, I would be against any kind of rating decision by anyone, Steve included. I prefer to make my own evaluations without the precondition of anyone else.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: A Software Warranty

    Gail Wanabee (10/6/2016)


    Steve:

    The best people to support code are the people that created it. No one else on the planet will know as much about it as they do, and...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: A Software Warranty

    I spent my last twelve years before retiring with a company which during that time took on a major country-wide development project, first using a number of consultants and then...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Teaching a dog to sing

    netmikem (9/11/2016)


    This topic really resonates with me.

    About 10 years ago, I was the sole developer supporting an important user group in a growing firm. As we brought on new...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Teaching a dog to sing

    Well, I guess I did it backwards. After only a few years in IT in three separate jobs I moved to become manager of a small IT shop which...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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