Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Charles Richmond
Date : Sun Aug 14 2005 09:18 pm

CBFalconer wrote:
> 
> Phlip wrote:
> >
> ... snip ...
> >
> > (If Bob Maas weren't so grumpy, his would obviously be an "agism"
> > thread. Of course that has _something_ to do with his troubles,
> > especially as he seems to have a formal training and experience
> > in _thinking_, which obviously can't compete with the modern crop
> > of kids taught to treat their debugger like a video game...)
> 
> He seems to be full of reasons why he can't do 'that', for any
> value of 'that'.
> 
I had an older cow orker once who told me this interesting story. 
It seems that he once worked with an unusual programmer. When you
describe a programming project to the programmer, he would proceed
to explain to you why it was impossible for him to do it. But if you
told the guy "just work with it and do the best you can", he would
get the project done and done well.

Those unaware of his quirks may *not* get any work out of him.

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