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Cancer Survival for Software Developers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the humanity-and-understanding-from-a-corporation dept.

Paul Pareti writes "Doug Reilly has published an affecting, personal piece about Surviving Cancer if you're a Programmer. You don't have to be a sufferer to benefit from reading it, especially his conclusions, including the perspective-lengthening advice: 'Make sure you are not indispensable!'"

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  1. You forgot step six... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    6. Prophet

  2. Re:Yeah right by kpainter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Employee Bob: "Boss, I hate to bring bad news but I have incurable cancer. I need to review the comments in my code right away and make sure that someone can step in for me when I am gone".

    Boss: "Bob, this in a strange way, is very fortunate. Meet Rajii here from India. He was going to be replacing you anyway. Its a win-win!"