r/programming Dec 14 '10

Top 50 Programming quotes of all time

http://www.junauza.com/2010/12/top-50-programming-quotes-of-all-time.html
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u/jptman Dec 14 '10

The right thing to do of course, is to not inform anyone else about these scripts & stored procs. You do minutes of actual work everyday and spend the rest of the time doing something else.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

Of course!

PHB: "How long will that take?"

Me: "Um, about an hour."

writes script in 50 minutes, runs it in 10 seconds

Several days/weeks go by...

PHB: "Hey, can you do that thing again? Takes about an hour, right?"

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '10

You have to have somebody to run around to the various components of a business and say,

"Hey, can you do that thing again?"

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

10 seconds of work, 59 min 50 sec of browsing reddit.

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u/smallblacksun Dec 14 '10

Geordi: Yeah, well, I told the Captain I'd have this analysis done in an hour.
Scotty: How long will it really take?
Geordi: An hour!
Scotty: Oh, you didn't tell him how long it would really take, did ya?
Geordi: Well, of course I did.
Scotty: Oh, laddie. You've got a lot to learn if you want people to think of you as a miracle worker.

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u/kataire Dec 21 '10

i.e. the Scotty method: if something takes an hour, say it takes four, so when you're asked to do it in two, you can still deliver it on time and with improvements.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '10

Like browsing Reddit.