http://qahatesyou.com/wordpress/2007/08/developers-unleash-more-wild-magic/ You suspected it. Now you know it. Tue, 15 May 2012 21:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://qahatesyou.com/wordpress/2007/08/developers-unleash-more-wild-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-22 gimlet Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:40:51 +0000 http://qahatesyou.com/wordpress/2007/08/04/developers-unleash-more-wild-magic/#comment-22 Funny how "rush" and "vulnerable" are linked yet again. Yet what does every hiring manager want in his or her code monkeys? "Works well under pressure and tight deadlines." That's swell when you're talking about military officers and football coaches, but why do we insist on having programmers going off half-cocked, making snap decisions while stressed out and sleep-deprived? Wouldn't it be better if real adults sat and discussed the actual problem and then maybe doing a little design up front, and then sat back and thought about it a little bit? Oh right, it's okay, we don't need to do that, because we made them sign NDAs. Funny how “rush” and “vulnerable” are linked yet again. Yet what does every hiring manager want in his or her code monkeys? “Works well under pressure and tight deadlines.” That’s swell when you’re talking about military officers and football coaches, but why do we insist on having programmers going off half-cocked, making snap decisions while stressed out and sleep-deprived? Wouldn’t it be better if real adults sat and discussed the actual problem and then maybe doing a little design up front, and then sat back and thought about it a little bit? Oh right, it’s okay, we don’t need to do that, because we made them sign NDAs.

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