Subj : Re: Is well written code a rare species ? To : comp.programming From : Alan Balmer Date : Fri Aug 12 2005 03:34 pm On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 21:16:10 GMT, "Bob Day" wrote: >>>Get a job developing code rather that maintaining it. Make it >>>clear up front, during your interviews, that you are a developer >>>not a maintainer, and, in fact, that you suck at maintaining code. >>>That's what I did before I worked on my own, and I'm sure it >>>took me a lot longer to get jobs that way. >> >> I'm sure it did. I'm also sure that I wouldn't want products from a >> company who would hire someone with that philosophy. > >Too bad. My talent is designing and developing. That's >what I'm good at, and that's what I do. Why should I not >play to my best talent? Actually, you aren't good at it unless you produce an easily maintainable product. Programmers who think maintenance is beneath them rarely do. -- Al Balmer Balmer Consulting removebalmerconsultingthis@att.net .