Comments on: I like trucking http://blog.soapyfrog.com/2008/06/19/i-like-trucking/ curry-induced ramblings of a forty-something techie Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:59:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Adrian http://blog.soapyfrog.com/2008/06/19/i-like-trucking/#comment-65 Adrian Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:23:17 +0000 http://blog.soapyfrog.com/?p=33#comment-65 ... whilst driving a truck :-) … whilst driving a truck :-)

]]> By: Dom http://blog.soapyfrog.com/2008/06/19/i-like-trucking/#comment-64 Dom Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:10:59 +0000 http://blog.soapyfrog.com/?p=33#comment-64 Jack - Everyone did that in IT and all it did was create a generation of developers who were able to hold together spaghetti code with string and bits of sticky tape while writing even bigger and better and more incomprehensible frameworks to replace the old stuff. No, what we need to do is shoot the idiots then go and charge a mint for replacing the crud with good code :) Jack - Everyone did that in IT and all it did was create a generation of developers who were able to hold together spaghetti code with string and bits of sticky tape while writing even bigger and better and more incomprehensible frameworks to replace the old stuff. No, what we need to do is shoot the idiots then go and charge a mint for replacing the crud with good code :)

]]> By: Jack http://blog.soapyfrog.com/2008/06/19/i-like-trucking/#comment-63 Jack Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:18:33 +0000 http://blog.soapyfrog.com/?p=33#comment-63 supply & demand matey. There is a shortage of HGV drivers atm - always a good time to demand a pay rise when your services are not easily replaceable. Apply this principle to capital markets IT by writing unreadable code that works, wait a couple of years, and then demand more for maintaining it. Not that anyone in IT would do such a despicable thing. supply & demand matey. There is a shortage of HGV drivers atm - always a good time to demand a pay rise when your services are not easily replaceable. Apply this principle to capital markets IT by writing unreadable code that works, wait a couple of years, and then demand more for maintaining it.

Not that anyone in IT would do such a despicable thing.

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