RE: (jcwren) RE: Oh, this wonderful place

Does this make her less of a programmer than you?

Lots of people have a life outside of their job, or outside of computing. I know it's a difficult concept to grasp but they do exist. And those people are no less interesting or valuable than pure geeks.

The problem is not with people that only work 9 to 5, it's just with people who have no idea what they are doing, people who write crappy code and don't care, programmers who try to preserve their little kingdom, managers who change their mind every other day, you know them...

Working 9 to 5 or 7 am to 12 pm has very little impact on how good a programmer someone is and how easy it is to work with them.

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RE: RE: (jcwren) RE: Oh, this wonderful place by geektron (Curate) on Sep 13, 2000 at 23:13 UTC
Working 9 to 5 or 7 am to 12 pm has very little impact on how good a programmer someone is and how easy it is to work with them. I completely agree. i alternate between being a full-time, non-stop, do-anything geeky possible programmer and leaving it all at work so i can have a life that doesn't involve computers. and i still write good, strong OO-perl, learn whatever i can to get the job done, and care ( almost neurotically ) about the quality of my code. but sometimes, people just need a break from it, clear out the mind, and go back to it fresh. some people just want the cash ( esp. here in Sillycon Valley ), some people like the work, and some people can only do nerdy stuff. it all depends on the individual.	[reply]
RE: RE: (jcwren) RE: Oh, this wonderful place by BastardOperator (Monk) on Sep 13, 2000 at 23:15 UTC
jcwren has grasped my post nicely. Some folks are taking my "9 to 5er" title a little more literally than I expected. Thank you jcwren for reiterating what I meant. ++ for you :^)	[reply]
(redmist) RE: RE: (jcwren) RE: Oh, this wonderful place by redmist (Deacon) on Sep 14, 2000 at 22:56 UTC
"Lots of people have a life outside of their job, or outside of computing. I know it's a difficult concept to grasp but they do exist. And those people are no less interesting or valuable than pure geeks." I can definitely see jcwren's and BastardOperator's point. Perhaps it's not the issue of having a life outside of work, but an issue of having curiosity outside of work. The end of learning is the beginning of death. redmist redmist.dyndns.org email::redmist	[reply]