When Should We Ditch Our Platform? 622
odoketa writes "My organization recently had to replace our Web developer. It took us an extremely long time to find someone with the necessary skill set. I don't know if this is because of the platform we are running (which I will leave nameless), or simply because the fates conspiring against us. It's easy to assume that languages or platforms are popular based on buzz, but the rubber hits the road when you have to hire someone to maintain that code. How are folks out there determining when you've backed the wrong horse, and getting back on track?"
Solution (Score:5, Funny)
Which platform? (Score:5, Funny)
But that would obsolete our hardware! (Score:5, Funny)
Based on my complete lack of experience... (Score:3, Funny)
Binary is better (Score:4, Funny)
Immediately (Score:5, Funny)
hmmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:measure the hype (Score:5, Funny)
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When is the last time you hadn't thrown your vote away? Ron Paul even if its write-in!"
The Irony is... overwhelming.
My first clue is usually... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Solution (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Two of Each (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Sometimes, you can't ditch soon enough (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Solution (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Finding good web developers is hard. (Score:3, Funny)
- think of an add "wanted: lean, mean programmers, that are worth their weight in gold"
- We pick the small ones, they cost less.
Easy answer. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sometimes, you can't ditch soon enough (Score:1, Funny)
ha ha (Score:5, Funny)
(And no, AS/400 is not the name of an obscure Linux distro, and RPG does not mean "role playing game" or even "rocket propelled grenade"--it's much worse than that...)
Re:Solution (Score:3, Funny)
And here I was thinking that COBOL on Rails would be released first.
Looks like I backed the wrong horse again!
Man, I am going to be SOOO fired for this...
Re:Which platform? (Score:5, Funny)
I didn't know Lil Jon worked in the tech industry. I suddenly feel the need to crunk-enable all of my servers.
Let's play GUESS THAT PLATFORM! My guess is... (Score:2, Funny)
As soon as I heard this... (Score:4, Funny)
Soon as I heard this I envisioned pointy hair.
Re:Which platform? (Score:-1, Funny)
The road ahead (Score:4, Funny)
I love business metaphors.
Re:Binary is better (Score:3, Funny)
In COBOL [uncyclopedia.org]. Using Hollerith cards [uncyclopedia.org] because keyboards are for pussies [boingboing.net].
Am I done yet? Can I go home now?
Re:Solution (Score:4, Funny)
Oh, haven't you heard? HTML tables are out; layouts based on Hollerith fields are in.
Re:Which platform? (Score:3, Funny)
This reason. I like this reason. Is good reason.
Re:Solution (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Which platform? (Score:5, Funny)
Only the Dyslexic ones.
Re:Holy negativity pal (Score:3, Funny)
You know, the rest of your post would have been somewhat reasonable, but this part ruined it all. There was absolutely nothing in the GP post that should have posed the slightest difficulty for a competent system administrator to understand.
I'm going to choose to believe you were exaggerating for effect.
WWGGD? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Which platform? (Score:2, Funny)
It really does.
Re:Which platform? (Score:5, Funny)
Java is a gift from the Job Gods to make up for the offshoring by creating new specialists such as GUI architects, Object-Relational-Mapper Admins, XML Configuration Admins, I/O library figure-outers, etc. etc. etc.
I'm applying for Hello World Architect by showing on my resume it can be done in under 30 Java classes.
(Yeah, it's flamebait, but venting's therapy.)
Let management/HR tell you that (Score:3, Funny)
"Nonsense, we only have one engineer who knows Rails and would need ten."
"Hire them."
"Nonsense, they make 20% more than you do."
"I guess I should be doing Rails elsewhere, then."
Re:System/36? Newbie! I used a System/34 (Score:1, Funny)
Re:ha ha (Score:3, Funny)
Speaking of redneck equivalents and "hay yall watch this" moments, I had a neighbor who was smart enough to put an old althon thunder bird based computer in his car, over clock it, and then complain about all the heat the fans pushed from under the dash and onto his legs. So he took some foam and cardboard and wrapped the heatsink to force the air outside the car or to the passenger side or something.
I bumped into him at a grocery store and he wanted to show me his fix so so we purchased our stuff and went outside to see the fire department raping his car and flushing it out with hundreds of gallons of water. I guess he left the computer running when he went in and the heat sink got hot enough to smolder the foam which released a bunch of black smoke. Someone called 911 and the fire department broke the windows out to get to the fire and put it out. But because the foam was encased around the heat sink, it wouldn't stop smoking until they opened the hood of the car with an axe and snipped the battery cables.
It may not sound all that funny or weird but I know this guy knew better. He didn't even account for fresh air to get in to cool the thing, it would have just recycled the previous hot air. And the look on his face watching the fire department slam a pick axe through the hood repeatedly to get access and cut the battery cables was something else. He almost got arrested by the cop who was keeping people away but couldn't understand the frightened rambling of "that's my car". It appears he forgot how to speak for about 20 minutes after first seeing this happen.
After all was said and done, the only things that exhibited signs of burning or fire was the tube he made for the processor heat. His insurance company totaled the car and didn't give him enough to replace it. It was a bad week for him.
Re:Solution (Score:3, Funny)
I walked into a job interview and saw a book, "Web Development with Visual RPG". I got up and left.