This is what you get when you give a bunch of fresh out of college kids
the run of the house. They write half ass code often with little or no
error checking. They believe themselves to be God's gift to
technology. Back when I was managing development they would only get an
entry level job and a year to "get their feet wet."
I was also very particular about hiring grads. They really had to show
that they could code and just didn't have some piece of paper. Given a
chance to work in a professional environment they developed necessary
skills that can't be taught in college. Eventually one of the project
leads would ask if they could have them for their group and that was
their step up.
In one case one my junior programmers decided she didn't like
programming and was interested in becoming a producer. She thought I
would explode when she told her that but I encouraged her to do what she
felt was best. Actually the producers of our products had little
technical background so to have one that did was going to be a real plus.
The vulture capitalists of Silicon Valley like their startups run by
kids because they think they bring more the to table than us old farts.
This is why you see a lot of fumbles in the industry.
On 09/17/2013 04:50 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" <jedi_spock@...> wrote:
>
> Hey Alex, Rick, my reply to Bob Price took more than two days
> to appear on the forum.
>
> My post on sept 15 is now finally appearing on sept 17.
>
> Grrrrrr.. that was an important post.
>
> Is anybody else having problems with Yahoo? I am still
> struck with the classic format. I hate delayed posts, it
> disrupts the rhythm, frequency and harmony of the
> conversations.
Lighten up.
1. There is nothing Rick or Alex can do to solve
Yahoo's problems.
2. Yahoo is acting as a surrogate for the Laws Of
Nature, and teaching you that time is not the linear
concept you believed it was. Posts arrive when it is
their time to arrive, not when you want them to arrive.
3. There is *no such thing* as an "important post."
This is FFL.
