On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 09:44 +0300, Yossi Kreinin wrote: > Peter da Silva wrote: > > Actually... > > > > I think the analogy "not hiring a brewer who doesn't drink" doesn't even > > go far enough. > > > > Even if you don't like programming, or don't currently program in your > > spare time, I can't imagine someone who's a programmer who has *never* > > written any software that they can't bring in as an example. Even if > > it's something horrid from college that they think sucks, at least they > > could bring it in and explain why it sucks and what they'd do > > differently now. The point isn't to see the code, it's to have the code > > there for them to explain, discuss, critique, apologize for, and so on. > > > > > > > > If you count stuff they did back when they learnt how to program, then, yes, > almost everyone should have done something like that. Although I don't know > where's the CD with all that stuff of mine. I was only referring to claims > about > writing code for yourself or the humanity outside of your job. >
This counts as a hardware hate I guess but I don't have the paper tape reader/cassette reader/qic-50 drive/8" diskette drive to retrieve most of the stuff I have from "the time before the web" .... /J\
