Have you ever hidden infrastructure upgrades in management's pet projects?
...and if so, was the upgrade bigger than the project?
Have you ever arranged for a system to fail early so that it wouldn't fail at a much worse time?
Have you ever deliberately broken something to be able to - finally - replace it?
Have you ever rigged a demo to fail obviously in front of management because you knew they wouldn't understand the non-obvious technical reasons for not buying whatever it was?
Have you critiqued other developer's code in comments?
... after they'd left the company?
... while they're still at the company?
... while they're still working on said code?
... did you critique their intelligence, character, and genetic background, too?
Have you ever used 'sealed' JUST to protect your library classes from other developers?
Have you ever used decoy hardware?
... to keep users away from the real hardware?
... to make management think that you're using the bright idea they got from Business Week, even though you have NOT yet gone insane?
... because the blinkenlights are pleasing to the eye?
Have you ever replaced someone with a shell script (size optional)?
Have you ever changed the password policy JUST to entertain yourself?
Have you ever invented a technology on the spur of the moment to avoid trouble?
... were you ever found out?
... did you have to implement it afterwards?
... did it work?
Have you ever used multiple inheritance?
...for something other than malice?
Have you ever solved a problem by inventing a programming language to describe it in?
... did you actually implement the language?
... has anyone else ever used it?
... does everyone (for finite values of everyone) else use it now?
Have you ever slept in your office?
... more than once a month?
... more than once a week?
... whenever there's not actually someone else there?
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Date: 2008-12-11 08:23 pm (UTC)...and if so, was the upgrade bigger than the project?
Have you ever arranged for a system to fail early so that it wouldn't fail at a much worse time?
Have you ever deliberately broken something to be able to - finally - replace it?
Have you ever rigged a demo to fail obviously in front of management because you knew they wouldn't understand the non-obvious technical reasons for not buying whatever it was?
Have you critiqued other developer's code in comments?
... after they'd left the company?
... while they're still at the company?
... while they're still working on said code?
... did you critique their intelligence, character, and genetic background, too?
Have you ever used 'sealed' JUST to protect your library classes from other developers?
Have you ever used decoy hardware?
... to keep users away from the real hardware?
... to make management think that you're using the bright idea they got from Business Week, even though you have NOT yet gone insane?
... because the blinkenlights are pleasing to the eye?
Have you ever replaced someone with a shell script (size optional)?
Have you ever changed the password policy JUST to entertain yourself?
Have you ever invented a technology on the spur of the moment to avoid trouble?
... were you ever found out?
... did you have to implement it afterwards?
... did it work?
Have you ever used multiple inheritance?
...for something other than malice?
Have you ever solved a problem by inventing a programming language to describe it in?
... did you actually implement the language?
... has anyone else ever used it?
... does everyone (for finite values of everyone) else use it now?
Have you ever slept in your office?
... more than once a month?
... more than once a week?
... whenever there's not actually someone else there?