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Even not-so-old code (say a couple years or less) - if one is just starting out with a new language.
In this case, two at once.
Fortunately, the stuff, though optimistically classifiable as hideous, is none-the-less rock solid. Maintenance, however, would be an evil turn of events, indeed. Probably I'd opt for a rewrite.
Just too much to do right now before I go back and fix it before it comes to get me someday.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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The goodness of the code is directly proportional to the amount of coffee and pizza consumed when writing.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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If the processors we code for ever become self aware they may call the authorities and report us for the things we have asked them to do.
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"Bad touch! Bad touch!"
Software Zen: delete this;
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My favorite is looking at old code, thinking "this is crap", start rewriting it and then remembering that there's a reason you wrote it that way.
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On one of the project I am working on I was strongly against one of the ideas of my boss. He told me write all 3 queue text in one xml which will validate the data in the database. I told him I could do it in one and lets not put it in outside file which will be in the ENV folder.
I did talk to him about securing and stuff but he wouldn't listen. He said if something goes wrong its users fault o.O
Well after all he is my boss and I did what he asked me to.
The point of this little experience of mine is : Always blame your boss no matter what happened!
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Argonia wrote: Always blame your boss no matter what happened!
Always make sure you have a written record of your boss's stupid decisions, in case he denies them later when your company is being fined / sued for a major security breach. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It seems pretty accurate to me
I'm still amazed that basic pen testing isn't taught as part of a computer science degree, it's just as important as basic programming skills, pc building skills etc
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HomerTheGreat wrote: basic pen testing isn't taught
I got turned in for abuse for suggesting that a poster do some bench checking on their homework before posting in QA asking someone to do it for them.
modified 6-Aug-14 8:49am.
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I'm reporting you for whining about reports on abuse. 
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MehGerbil wrote: whining about reports
Plz send cheese to go with my whine, it's urgentz.... 
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Quote: I got turned into for abuse for suggesting that a poster do some bench checking on their homework before posting in QA asking someone to do it for them.
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Yep. Apparently it's rude and abusive if you ask people to make a teeny tiny bit of effort to do their own work.
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We have been recruiting for a junior developer.
I set a test, which was reasonably simple.
We saw a number of people who claimed to have .Net skills and only one of them recognised the Substring method.
Two of them had firsts in computer science
In the end we have recruited someone who did not recognise the method, however once I explained it to them in the interview they went on to solve the problem.
They were also one of the only candidates who took an interest in IT in their spare time. We were looking for someone who codes because they enjoy it not because they want a 'career' in IT and it did seem that many of the candidates we saw were those who wanted a 'career' in IT.
There are lots of article on this issue. I have read up on it, as I was shocked at the standard of programming skills among computer science graduates we saw.
It turns out that many universities are not encouraging their students to program outside of their university assignments.
So for all the IT graduates out there - if you want to get a job after you graduate, make sure you train yourselves, don't just rely on being fed course material by your university - become autodidacts.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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One of the reasons I posted this here was a sequence of questions from someone whose application was rejected by internal audit because:
- It transmitted passwords in clear text
- It was open to SQL injection
- Resource information was openly available
I resisted the temptation to ask the OP how they managed to get the job in the first place. The worrying thing is how many others like that don't get found out in time.
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First line of the article:
"UK universities are failing to teach cyber security skills anything even remotely useful in the real world."
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Sad, but true in too many cases.
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I think most of those graduates worked at one of my recent employers. Worse IT department ever. We had network outages at least once a week, some lasting hours. Due to the nature of our software, that would shut us all down within an hour.
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... are the ones about German sausages!
Sorry, Know it's old, but I couldn't keep it in. It's too hot for a coat now...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
modified 6-Aug-14 6:41am.
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You wouldn't want a German Sausage with a Jacket[^] anyway: You want it with Chilli[^] instead - you need the moisture.
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Time to fetch something to eat...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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OriginalGriff wrote: German Sausage with a Jacket[^]
That looks like a boiled potato to me.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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