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I did not humilate him. By the way are you a boss? Don't be offended.
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Not offended, nor a boss. Just another minion making an observation on life! 
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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You have a way with words. You will be a boss in the near future. You are like a puppy that has swallowed a dictionary. Thats not my line got it from Dilbert, I am not sure its his line either.
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I've been a boss, but it's unlikely I will be again. I retire in under 5 months!
... and I've never been a PHB.
I'm not sure if the swallowed a dictionary should be taken as an insult or compliment, but I've always been blessed (cursed) with a large vocabulary. Just another victim of the English school system!
I like puppies!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Its a compliment. Jus checked out your profile. I am 30, was thinking of quitting programming at 35. Programming nowadays is associated with socially awkward 20-something years old individuals. I am not that anymore. After seeing your I am thinking of sticking around beyond 35 may be yo should too. You don't look like you have reached retirement age.
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Well, thank you.
I'll be 60 in April and I can afford to stop as we don't lead an affluent lifestyle. I have 10 acres of conservation grade land, lots of hobbies, 3 grandkids with one more on the way. I play guitar and have a large music collection. In short I am blessed (I must have done something right in a previous existence!)
I have plenty to keep me busy that I enjoy more than writing code and my wife says she'll leave me if I don't stop working - apparently I'm a moody old git and she's hoping that all will be sweetness and light next year.
Good luck on the next 30 - 35. Just make sure you're having fun!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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codejet wrote: Programming nowadays is associated with socially awkward 20-something years old individuals.
You must watch a lot of TV.
/ravi
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codejet wrote: Thats not my line got it from Dilbert, I am not sure its his line either.
I can categorically state that is not from Dilbert because fictional characters don't create anything. 
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What is a benefit in our line of work is that as long as someone is paying attention it is impossible to for someone to fake the funk.
You either are the surgeon, or the patient, but not both.
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Slacker007 wrote: surgeon, or the patient
I thought it was dog or fire hydrant.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I thought it was dog or fire hydrant.
You are most likely correct. I was trying to be clever and witty but that is clearly not on the docket for today.
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I'm the fire hydrant, but I've been electrified.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Then it's good thing I can't produce a laminar flow.
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You old dog, you!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Then it's good thing I can't produce a laminar flow.
I doubt a fire hydrant is designed to do that either. Put the flow in a slightly inclined trough and you could produce one too.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I thought it was dog or fire hydrant.
Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue!!
Sometimes you get the elevator... usually you get the shaft!!
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My advice would be: "Do your job properly, and keep paying people who can do other jobs properly".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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codejet wrote: My advice to all owners of all small software development firms ; have some idea of what technologies and programming languages your employees are using
Depends on the level of his/her involvement. If my boss isn't coding, I'd rather have him stay out of it altogether than have him "know enough to be dangerous".
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codejet wrote: My advice to all owners of all small software development firms ; have some idea of what technologies and programming languages your employees are using to make all those products that bring in all that money for you.Dont emabarass yourself!
Myself I prefer that they have a great deal of knowledge about how to sell the product and hire those that can also sell it. And that they are successful in both of those.
And then stay out of my way and make sure I get paid.
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I tell my boss the reason I took the team to c# was so he would no longer understand the syntax and could not interfere! Works too, he gets horribly frustrated when he peers over the shoulder of one of the developers and can't understand the syntax.
The real reason is that there is more support for c# on the interwebs!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I worked on a small team that had a boss like that.
Our worse nightmare was to walk in on Monday morning and see the boss's sleep-deprived face.
"I just got a new feature almost working this weekend, I am sure that one of you can finish this off by lunch time."
Meanwhile, various interactions broke four other modules in the system.
Aarrgh!
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A useful DotNet error handling structure that you could have explained to him in five minutes.
I dislike when 'knowledge of particular language syntax' is confused with 'programming ability'.
It's like if Einstein asked you what some english word meant, so you assume he is an idiot.
I wonder who is designing the GUI, and defining the functionality of your application.. eg all the stuff that can be done before you start typing code... eg 90% of the software design.
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I would have explained to him had he asked. I am not bragging about my programming abilities. I honestly think my boss is a better programmer than me. However he is so out of touch with how I do what he instructs me to do . I am 100% comfortable with this....i think my job is very secure. He should just stop disturbing me thats all. I would explained to him the syntax in 5 minutes but that would have encouraged him to continue disturbing me.
By the way I do not think your Einstein analogy is appropriate for this situation.
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codejet wrote: I do not think your Einstein analogy is appropriate for this situation.
I doubt there was any comparison to Einstein directly, everyone has blind spots where they aren't the best and that analogy seemed appropriate to me here.
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Perhaps you just need a programing language with layman's syntax:
fish
{
...
}
catch(e)
{
...
e.release()
}
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