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That's the best way to deal with them.
I used to work with a guy that just emailed himself a file sized to the Exchange server limits so his inbox rejected everything until he got back. Works wonders.
TTFN - Kent
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The demand of a specific person to solve a problem in any company is a symptom of wrong management...
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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Absolutely true, but sadly...
TTFN - Kent
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You haven't worked with many small companies have you? In many cases they simply cannot afford skill overlap.
At any rate, being available within reason during vacation isn't a problem for me. I understand why it is for some and I think management and employees just have to expectations set. For instance, when I'm with my daughter the freaking company better be at a stand still if you bother me. Otherwise, I make myself available for at least advice on how to handle something. I avoid logging in do things, but I plan for that possibility.
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tgrt wrote: You haven't worked with many small companies have you? I worked for five different small companies (in four sectors), in ten years.
tgrt wrote: In many cases they simply cannot afford skill overlap. Here we strongly disagree; you better prepare to have someone ready to take over each and every line that dev wrote, 'cause he/she may not be there in a week. Accidents, career-switches or even falling in love - people are not constants.
I've never had anyone call during a holiday. Not even whilst working for an industry that worked night-shifts.
tgrt wrote: At any rate, being available within reason during vacation isn't a problem for me. Nor is it for me, but I'd be billing each hour as a regular working-hour
tgrt wrote: and employees just have to expectations set Ehr, my expectations are realistic. Unless you pay for it, you bug me not. If that is not sufficient, then I suggest you adjust your expectations until it is.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Programmer’s Proverbs is a growing collection of coding tips and advice phrased in the form of a proverb. Anyone can submit a proverb as long as it’s an original idea written in the proper style. "'Just ship' is no substitute for design."
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The repost police says look below.
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Waaah, waaah, waah. I forgot to uncheck the 'post in Insider' when I entered this in the system. And of course, now this thread can't be deleted.
TTFN - Kent
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"Eventual consistency = frequent inconsistency"
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Programmers in search of some higher wisdom in pursuit of better code need not trek to a temple atop a Tibetan mountain. A new Zen-like GitHub repository possesses the proverbial enlightenment you seek.
My favorite is: Don't commit on master when drunk.
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Jason Cardoza wrote: My favorite is: Don't commit on master when drunk.
That's genius. It's also true about programming.
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Are you trying to keep Nagy on unemployment indefinitely?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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OS currently has no reliable way to detect bogus credentials released into the wild. Can some rocket surgeon please fix certs (either "mechanic-fix" or "vet-fix" works for me)
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Android developers saw a 6% salary increase, but it was only a 1% hike for iOS developers, survey finds. "Get the money, dollar, dollar bill y'all"
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Sure there were a lot of broad statements and platitudes. But reading between the lines of the memo divulges a great deal about where he plans to take the company he has led since February. The future is Cloudy
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Companies like Microsoft, Cisco and Salesforce are creating new open source projects mainly as a means of promoting their existing products and services. How dare for-profit companies leverage open source to make a profit! For SHAME!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: How dare for-profit companies leverage open source to make a profit! For SHAME!
Indeed. The whole open source model is only viable if there's something that can be monetized, whether it's support, extra features, plugins, whatever.
Marc
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Do you go to a coffee shop and ask for free coffee or to a salon and ask for free haircut?
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Don't you? Sometimes it works, always worth a try.
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Actually, I get a free coffee once a day, so yes.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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You expected a free lunch?
Of course, they want to make money. And they need to make profit to run their comapnies.
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Well, on the other side of the coin, you do get to tell the company running the project what you want in the product and how it should work more directly than you can with a "comment card".
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No sh*t!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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In other shock news, a bear was seen wandering into the woods this morning ready to "do a poo"
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The new plans start at $5 and go up from there to remain competitive in the market and keep downward pressure on Google and its suite of productivity applications. The new plans will be offered from October 1, 2014 and onwards and will work for companies who have 1-250 employees. Without a serious outage for over two weeks!
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