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"Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"?
A not-so Anonymous Coward enters this query: "I keep finding myself on projects where a quick and dirty solution will bring in money for the company, and a correct (ie, properly documented, well engineered, process followed, etc) solution will get us left in the dust. When the Q&D solution succeeds, I'm left trying to explain why it can't be the FINAL solution (to PHBs and Marketroids that were fully informed of the situation prior to any work getting done). Most recently, work I did in record time was used to help bring in several large contracts, and then I found myself in hot water for not having followed process et al. So, to Slashdot: is it better to do the quick thing and greatly increase the chance of $uccess now, or to do the correct thing and avoid pain later (assuming there is money to pay for the pain later)?"
Did you get that memo about the new cover sheets on the TPS reports?
It's like sex.
Quick and dirty, like getting drunk and meeting some stranger in a motel room, will leave you feeling gross aftewards.
Correct and proper, like wooing a nice and attractive young lady, takes time, hard work, and if it works out, leads to something wonderful and long-lasting.
Either way, you have sex. But which one would you rather tell your mother about (or rather, put on your resume)?
no thanks
Who doesn't like it quick and dirty?
This isn't the only aspect of life where quick and dirty is superior. If you stop to think about it, most things feel better when done quick and dirty. At least dirty, I know I like it dirty anyway.
You know the kind of dirty that you won't get on afternoon tv, passions, etc. Know what I mean? And I'm not talking pay tv in a hotel dirty either, I'm talking real life forbidden in 49 states dirty. Huhu. Yeah, that's it, I knew you dug it.
How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
Actually, there's different schools of thought. Your sister likes it quick and dirty - there's no doubt about that. However, your mother likes it when I take it nice and slow.
I see you didn't take the red pill...
"Quick 'n Dirty" == "Correct and Proper"
...and believe me, I'm not one of them.
Clicky Clicky.
Truly, things to program by (or not).
The key to the enjoyment of pop music is to replace any instance of "love" with "C.H.U.D."
Yes! Man, the interface sucks and it takes longer than pencil and paper to get a result, but I am just filled with many warm fuzzies when I discover the sheer passion and drive that went into developing such a substantard product. At least, that's what the developer told me...
Correct and Proper
Otherwise you're going to spend all your quick cash on fixing bugs and supporting craptacular software, not to mention bad press and angry users.
But you'll be RICH
Why did I think of this Dilbert comic strip when I read your message?
This is one reason why we as a society need to find ways to get rid of this need for greed and wealth and money in general. Otherwise things just keep running into the ground.
Yeah, but in a world where trade is the dominant form of currency, professional programmers are useless.
I've worked on a farm, I'd prefer not to go back. Besides, we gave you people Berkeley, can't you just stay there?
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
the pages stick togeather
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. Will Rogers
What the fuck's a TPS report? Did we discuss that last week while I was still drunk from the night before? Am I fired?
-Looking for a job as a materials chemist or multivariat
if you catch my meaning.
hmmmm no, what do you mean? That was much to subtle.
----- "Blame the guy who doesn't speak English." -- Homer J. Simpson
Wendy is so not going to call, loser.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
>Perhaps a micro-socialist system could be
>implemented for those who are out of a job? To give
>them a job within a co-op, where they can create
>their own jobs, train themselves from the resources
>made available; a safety net for the unemployed, at
> almost no cost to the government.
This exists. It is called by various forms - Usually a college or a University. If you're really lucky you don't have to pay it back later when you're no longer jobless. If you're unlucky you get the honor of living in concentration camps known as dormitories for 4 to 6, and then have to pay them back for mistreating you after your time is up.
-- If it ain't broke - overclock it more.
You are today's lucky winner of the slashdot post predictability sweepstakes for your outstanding job of:
[ ] Preaching about Gentoo
[ ] Preaching about Debian
[ ] Overuse of buzzwords to conceal ignorance
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Your prize awaits you on the other side of the mountain dew can mountain in your basement.
Thanks for playing!
I'll think about that next time I'm in a casino on the east coast *owch rimshot*
slashdot: where everyone yells sarcastic metaphors to themselves to understand the issue
Horizontal whitespace may be cheap on monitors,
/. comment posting
but it's a pain in the ass when doing parellel
diffs (e.g., for inspections) or you have a borky
80 column console.
78 columns, or you should be stabbed in the eyes.
(It is also at a premium in the
box.)
-k
That only works for people who code well; poor coders should always add comments, unless they're also poor commenters, in which case their comments will only confuse.
You forgot to mention the part about your employer being located in Berlin. Not that I'd mind living in Germany for a few years
What... and give up on your third masters? I'm disappointed in you.
-a