give them what they want and quit complaining.
i haven't worked full-time in over 2 years - i'll be glad to take your place
thor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Wright" <rwrigh10@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 08:12
Subject: [SLUG] Good, Fast and Cheap?
> Hello SLUGgers!
>
> I'm having a bit of a problem with my new employer. I've spent many years
> developing software for some bigger development houses that follow
structured
> development processes and created some high quality, stable, and
maintainable
> software. I recently took a job with a small three developer shop.
>
> Here is my problem. Their code is crap. I mean lousy, patched togeher
and
> undocumented. I've been assigned to fix some bugs in the app and I took
the
> time to analyze and document the proper solution. It seems that my method
of
> analysis was and I quote "a waste of time... if we all took that much time
to
> look at the problem we would go out of business"
>
> My boss further explained that I should just find a quick solution, patch
it,
> slam it out and let the user community test it in production. To say the
> least I'm perplexed. My years of development experience tells me this is
a
> BAD trend that will come back to bite me in the arse later. I understand
> being nimble and staying profitable. I've tired to explain that good code
> takes some time and fast code cost more money later but he will not
listen.
>
> I need the income, but should I compromise my standards?
>
> Any advice?
> Russ
>
>
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