On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> ** > > > On 12/18/2012 03:41 PM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > > > >> Friends who are visiting worked at Microsoft and found their biggest > >> problem programmers were the ones with...... computer science degrees. > >> They tended to create grandiose solutions for stuff that didn't need > >> it. Probably the same at Yahoo. > >> > > Stop it Uncle Barry - I may be grandiose in my personal life but I always > > strive to make sure my code is compact and efficient. Though I don't have > > to program much as a database administrator I have done lot of coding in > > Perl and Shell. > > > > Ravi, you seem to be suffering Barry-Barry. I'm Barry2 or Bhairitu > because my other handle on alt.meditation.transcendental was Barry and > Wright's was Uncle Tantra. Blame Willy who couldn't keep his Barrys > straight. So I created Bhairitu as homonym for Barry2. So "Uncle > Barry" is your invention. > > And do you have a computer science degree? I'm not saying that ALL > comscis are terrible programmers but in some situations it can be > someone with the degree who is messing up more than one without it. > > Computer programming is more an art than a science. It is creative. > Like music you have to have a talent for it. > No confusion Barryji - I was addressing you as Uncle Barry - the other Barry, Mr. Wright is Barry baby or King Baby for me. You are totally right - I enjoy my work, my programming - lot of people complain about work stress and that's always been an alien beast to me. Anyway yeah I'm a Computer Science graduate and you are right - it is an art and you need to have talent for it and being a graduate is not related to my style of work. I just felt like adding in my two cents and I did. > > >
