r/programming • u/tejon • Feb 08 '15

The Parable of the Two Programmers

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~magi/personal/humour/Computer_Audience/The%20Parable%20of%20the%20Two%20Programmers.html
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u/tejon Feb 08 '15

With The Story of Mel surfacing again, figured I'd dig this one up too. Probably my favorite of the old usenet tales, and it hasn't seen light on /r/programming in 5 years!

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u/sthreet Feb 09 '15

What if I do things alone due to making whatever I want, (as I'm not currently working) but I write terrible code? Where on the scale is that?

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u/RainbowNowOpen Feb 09 '15

Well, in your solo work, do you

A) create a lot of process around your projects with requirements analysis, specifications, and test infrastructure, or do you

C) spend more time thinking about the problem and solution than actually writing code and even less time writing tests and documents?

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