While I believe there's ample blame to go around, it remains up to each person to choose how they approach the obstacles of this profession. As a consultant I am periodically assigned to tasks where cutting a few corners might be the only way to achieve the improbable objective on the impossible timeline. Yet, knowing that support is the only part of the project lifecycle that has no definitive end date, I'd rather come in slightly over budget (or eat a couple of hours) if doing the job right (vs cutting corners) is going to save everyone tons of cash over the long haul. And if recent conversations are any indication, I don't believe this is all that unique of an attitude. There are, however, decades of bad to be overcome, and while it doesn't happen overnight, it doesn't mean it can't happen over time.
As to the new blood coming into the industry, I think you're spot on; academia can only do so much and the attention to quality is only one facet of increasingly complex curricula. To a degree, I wonder if the definition of "quality" would be different for those who have decades of walking the minefields of bad code vs. those that merely teach the syntax and semantics? In the end, it's all a matter of cost, or as the old commercial used to say: "You can pay me now or pay me later" ...however, in technology a well spent dollar can save millions. And on that note, I'll be speaking more about this very topic of saving millions at Spectrum, first at breakfast on 4/1 and then in a session on... Thursday, I believe. See y'all then. I agree with what Kevin says, but it's not the programmer's fault as much > as management. [snip] > > Charles Shaffer > Senior Analyst > NTN-Bower Corporation > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > -- -Kevin http://www.PrecisOnline.com ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
