Comments on: Complexity Is a Prison http://www.codesimplicity.com/post/complexity-is-a-prison/ Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:40:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Max Kanat-Alexander http://www.codesimplicity.com/post/complexity-is-a-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Max Kanat-Alexander Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:14:33 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/11#comment-1426 Yeah, that sounds like a sort of terrible situation, actually. If your working environment is so bad that you have to pay people extra, maybe people should think about improving their working environment? :-) -Max Yeah, that sounds like a sort of terrible situation, actually. If your working environment is so bad that you have to pay people extra, maybe people should think about improving their working environment? :-)

-Max

]]> By: Gordy http://www.codesimplicity.com/post/complexity-is-a-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 Gordy Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:50:59 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/11#comment-1423 Sometime you don't have to make your code complicated to keep your job. Sometimes your employer is so scared of you leaving they will do anything to keep you. A friend of mine in the insurance business told me how they made sure the over paid their staff to keep them from leaving. Sounds good doesn't it? Well, it is good unless you want to be stuck working on mainframes for the rest of your life working in a single application domain until you retire. Eventually, he bit the bullet and resigned. It was hard, and it really hurt financially, but he figured he was destined for better things. Sometime you don’t have to make your code complicated to keep your job. Sometimes your employer is so scared of you leaving they will do anything to keep you.

A friend of mine in the insurance business told me how they made sure the over paid their staff to keep them from leaving.

Sounds good doesn’t it?

Well, it is good unless you want to be stuck working on mainframes for the rest of your life working in a single application domain until you retire.

Eventually, he bit the bullet and resigned. It was hard, and it really hurt financially, but he figured he was destined for better things.

]]> By: Max Kanat-Alexander http://www.codesimplicity.com/post/complexity-is-a-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Max Kanat-Alexander Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:38:35 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/11#comment-347 Well, somebody ought to talk to the manager about that, or give the manager a copy of my book...but my book doesn't exist yet. :-) I've thought about that, too, though. That falls under the category of, "Maybe you have no conscience, and you’ll just leave the code to some hopeless replacement and ditch the company." -Max Well, somebody ought to talk to the manager about that, or give the manager a copy of my book…but my book doesn’t exist yet. :-)

I’ve thought about that, too, though. That falls under the category of, “Maybe you have no conscience, and you’ll just leave the code to some hopeless replacement and ditch the company.”

-Max

]]> By: CH Lee http://www.codesimplicity.com/post/complexity-is-a-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-346 CH Lee Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:22:24 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/11#comment-346 How about a contractor implemented some features quick and dirty to impress the manager? After the contractor left, the code become really expensive to maintain, but the manager thought the contractor did a good job and even ask him to come back to work on another project? How about a contractor implemented some features quick and dirty to impress the manager? After the contractor left, the code become really expensive to maintain, but the manager thought the contractor did a good job and even ask him to come back to work on another project?

]]> By: Max Kanat-Alexander http://www.codesimplicity.com/post/complexity-is-a-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Max Kanat-Alexander Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:24:32 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/11#comment-44 Hahahaha, yeah, bugbot! :-P :-D -Max Hahahaha, yeah, bugbot! :-P

:-D

-Max

]]> By: LpSolit http://www.codesimplicity.com/post/complexity-is-a-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-43 LpSolit Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:52:42 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/11#comment-43 Wow, you have a life besides Bugzilla? Ah right, I forgot: bugbot! :-D Wow, you have a life besides Bugzilla? Ah right, I forgot: bugbot! :-D

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