"Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? 887
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Cliff
from the which-way-would-you-go dept.
from the which-way-would-you-go dept.
A not-so Anonymous Coward enters this query: "I keep finding myself on projects where a quick and dirty solution will bring in money for the company, and a correct (ie, properly documented, well engineered, process followed, etc) solution will get us left in the dust. When the Q&D solution succeeds, I'm left trying to explain why it can't be the FINAL solution (to PHBs and Marketroids that were fully informed of the situation prior to any work getting done). Most recently, work I did in record time was used to help bring in several large contracts, and then I found myself in hot water for not having followed process et al. So, to Slashdot: is it better to do the quick thing and greatly increase the chance of $uccess now, or to do the correct thing and avoid pain later (assuming there is money to pay for the pain later)?"
memo (Score:2, Funny)
It's like sex... (Score:5, Funny)
Quick and dirty, like getting drunk and meeting some stranger in a motel room, will leave you feeling gross aftewards.
Correct and proper, like wooing a nice and attractive young lady, takes time, hard work, and if it works out, leads to something wonderful and long-lasting.
Either way, you have sex. But which one would you rather tell your mother about (or rather, put on your resume)?
Well (Score:2, Funny)
Who doesn't like it quick and dirty?
This isn't the only aspect of life where quick and dirty is superior. If you stop to think about it, most things feel better when done quick and dirty. At least dirty, I know I like it dirty anyway.
You know the kind of dirty that you won't get on afternoon tv, passions, etc. Know what I mean? And I'm not talking pay tv in a hotel dirty either, I'm talking real life forbidden in 49 states dirty. Huhu. Yeah, that's it, I knew you dug it.
Quick and Dirty? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Passion is the key - if you're passionate, rele (Score:1, Funny)
I think for the few truly excellent programmers: (Score:5, Funny)
...and believe me, I'm not one of them.
*Cough* *Cough* (Score:5, Funny)
Truly, things to program by (or not).
Re:Passion is the key - if you're passionate, rele (Score:1, Funny)
Re:It's like sex... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Correct and Proper (Score:3, Funny)
Correct and Proper
Otherwise you're going to spend all your quick cash on fixing bugs and supporting craptacular software, not to mention bad press and angry users.
But you'll be RICH
Re:memo (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It's like sex... (Score:4, Funny)
Sex on your resume is ALWAYS bad. See Bill Clinton.
(Unless you are a porn star of course)
Re:It's like sex... (Score:2, Funny)
-AX
Re:It's like sex... (Score:5, Funny)
That, and it scrunches the paper up...
Re:It's like sex... (Score:1, Funny)
Maybe, but I don't think your analogy will resonate with the average /.er - most are likely waaaay more familiar with Q&D and C&P than they are with sex
Re:I think for the few truly excellent programmers (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's like sex... (Score:4, Funny)
You: "Yeah, it took me seven times longer than Joe in Graphic Design, but the quality... Oh, the quality..."
Coworker: "Joe did it seven times before you did it once? You are the suck."
Re:It's like sex... (Score:3, Funny)
I don't have to tell your mom about the quick and dirty - she was there.
Re:It's like sex... (Score:3, Funny)
Must be Thursday.
Re:One reason why we need to absolve money (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, but in a world where trade is the dominant form of currency, professional programmers are useless.
I've worked on a farm, I'd prefer not to go back. Besides, we gave you people Berkeley, can't you just stay there?
Also (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It's like sex... (Score:5, Funny)
C'mon, the back of a volkswagon, people!
TPS?FUBAR? (Score:4, Funny)
What the fuck's a TPS report? Did we discuss that last week while I was still drunk from the night before? Am I fired?
Re:It's like sex... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:"Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? (Score:3, Funny)
hmmmm no, what do you mean? That was much to subtle.
Re:It's like sex... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's like sex... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's like sex... (Score:5, Funny)
Hooray for double-entendres!
Re:It's like sex... (Score:3, Funny)
just a note (Score:3, Funny)
Re:One reason why we need to absolve money (Score:2, Funny)
>implemented for those who are out of a job? To give
>them a job within a co-op, where they can create
>their own jobs, train themselves from the resources
>made available; a safety net for the unemployed, at
> almost no cost to the government.
This exists. It is called by various forms - Usually a college or a University. If you're really lucky you don't have to pay it back later when you're no longer jobless. If you're unlucky you get the honor of living in concentration camps known as dormitories for 4 to 6, and then have to pay them back for mistreating you after your time is up.
Re:Do Both. (Score:4, Funny)
You are today's lucky winner of the slashdot post predictability sweepstakes for your outstanding job of:
[ ] Preaching about Gentoo
[ ] Preaching about Debian
[ ] Overuse of buzzwords to conceal ignorance
[x] Bashing Microsoft
Your prize awaits you on the other side of the mountain dew can mountain in your basement.
Thanks for playing!
Re:*Cough* *Cough* (Score:3, Funny)
Like I'm gonna take programming tips from someone who starts lists at ONE.
Re:One reason why we need to absolve money (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Do Both. (Score:2, Funny)
but it's a pain in the ass when doing parellel
diffs (e.g., for inspections) or you have a borky
80 column console.
78 columns, or you should be stabbed in the eyes.
(It is also at a premium in the
box.)
-k
Re:TPS?FUBAR? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, come now, poor people should be allowed to have their own version of the simpsons.
Re:No easy answer (Score:1, Funny)
That only works for people who code well; poor coders should always add comments, unless they're also poor commenters, in which case their comments will only confuse.
Re:Deutschland (Score:3, Funny)
You forgot to mention the part about your employer being located in Berlin. Not that I'd mind living in Germany for a few years
What... and give up on your third masters? I'm disappointed in you.
-a