27 Dec
2012
27 Dec
'12
6:51 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Sudbrink" <wh.sudbrink at verizon.net>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 9:45 AM
Subject: RE: An interesting article on text-book vrs real-world programming
Dave wrote:
Where things really count (embedded, real-time systems)
those practices are still maintained. Although I will
say that recent CS grads with their "extreme programming"
and all of that happy horse sh*t are harder to bring on
board these days. Consequently, we're hiring fewer and
fewer "young" programmers these days... let them get
their lumps on someone else's dime, we'll take the older
more experienced guys that have learned why good practices
are important.
Bill S.
Yup, everyone is waiting for somebody else to train them, good luck with
that.