Re: How clean is your code

It depends on the environment. Last year or so, I worked for a .com company. My comments were kinda lose, but never vulgar or disparaging. I work for a financial company now, and my comments are very blunt and to the point. My OSS stuff, it's whatss on my mind.

The one reason to keep your comments mostly professional? It's politics. If people actually like your comments, for being witty, or useful, then people like you better. You get more help from people, etc etc..

One of my professors said it best. You can be completely technical or be a complete politician. Being completely technical can take you so far with a company before you get yourself fired. Being a politician, you can work anywhere in the company, and survive -- as you know how to make everyone happy and want you around.

Play that funky music white boy..

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Re: Re: How clean is your code by Jenda (Abbot) on Feb 16, 2004 at 19:43 UTC
"Being a politician, you can work anywhere in the company, and survive ..." as long as you succeed to hide the fact that you do not produce anything. But if you choose a big enough company you should be able to hide that indefinitely. Jenda Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. -- Rick Osborne Edit by castaway: Closed small tag in signature	[reply]

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Re: Re: How clean is your code
by Jenda (Abbot) on Feb 16, 2004 at 19:43 UTC

"Being a politician, you can work anywhere in the company, and survive ..." as long as you succeed to hide the fact that you do not produce anything. But if you choose a big enough company you should be able to hide that indefinitely.

Jenda
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
-- Rick Osborne

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