Subj : Re: Is well written code a rare species ? To : comp.programming From : Bob Day Date : Fri Aug 12 2005 11:14 pm "Alan Balmer" wrote in message news:eb5qf1tg1j0rrrubrrogcrbtm8jrc868eb@4ax.com... > 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. Please don't go beyond my words. I don't think maintenance is beneath me at all. I just know what I'm best at, which is designing and developing. Again, why should I not play to my best talent? Also, I never have received any criticism about my code being difficult to maintain or not being understandable. Detailed function headers and copious commenting help, but I digress. -- Bob Day http://bobday.vze.com .