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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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...has any body seen Mi KeHunt?
Just rang the insurance mob cause the car runs out of registration in 12 minutes and I need over priced private Compulsory Third Party insurance as part of it.
The pucking wankers close their phone service at 22:00. Don't these bell ends understand that there are people in third world countries that will work around the clock so people like me can call after they have finished work. Now I have to wait until 07:00 to call up again and tell some twat they are a Mike Hunt. Then I have to hope to get them to give it to me quickly and for closer to $500.00 and not the $889.49 their stupid online quote site provided. I mean I then have to pay anoth $339.00 on top for the registration part. Compehensive insurance is another $800.00+ per year.
Bought the car for $5,000.00 and pay close to $2,000.00 per year every year just top be able to drive it. That don't include mainenance or running costs (Can anyone say more than $4,000.00 per year in petrol and it's only a 2.5l engine).
I'm not sure how I am going to manage to have 2 cars insured with 2 different insurance companies in another 30 years and drive both in to 20+ luxury cars and write them off so I screw said companies over and feel like I have almost broken even with them on costs.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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You lost me around pucking wankers, but I take it you're upset?
Try Hovercraft for Android, voted "a game" by players.
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ONLY 2,5l? Maybe that's the problem in the first place?
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Insurance is always a rip off, but be thankful you aren't young: the average cost in the UK for a 17 year old on a small, slow heap is £1096 per year - rising a LOT if you live in an awkward location or get any speeding or similar offences...that's AUS$ 2019 just for the basic insurance...on top of that is road tax and such like. 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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To insure both cars cost less than £800 for fully comp. 
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Mine works out at £201.39 fully comp, with protected no-claims (9 years - before that it was all motorcycle insurance and they wouldn't transfer the no claims years from that).
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Ha I can beat that,
Both cars together < £400
Bike ~ £180
But then I live in the arse end of the universe where you only ever see tractors and not the Chelsea ones either...
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I'm Italian, I have a 0.9L car, I have inherited the best merit rank (It grows better each year without collisions, there are 18 of them and the 1st is the cheapest - means you drive since 20 years without collisions) from my parents thanks to a pretty new law AND I pay 500 € (roughly 750$) a year.
AND gasoline costs 1.6 € (approx 2,5 $) per liter. Plus, my 14-years-old car costs no less than 2500 €, so approximately 3800$.
Yes, I know something... and as a programmer my wage is about 1800$/month...
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I live in Poland and pay <$700/year for full insurance (including Auto Casco - full refund even if car is stolen or trashed because of my fault), just after two years of owning a car (8yrs, 1.3d).
You can buy a compulsory insurance for less than $200/year if you have good insurance merit.
Gasoline - $1.6/l
Average wage: ~$1200/month (~$1600/month for programmers)
Anyone to beat that?
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I forgot to say, mine is compulsory AND the lowest possible price, no extras, with the cheapest insurance. Plus we have to pay 120$/year as "bollo auto", alias the "owning tax"!
We're almost neighbours though!
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With ease...I have car from the company...No insurance, maintenance or gas...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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You are SW developper and you have a company car ?! What am I doing wrong ? 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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In this company software developers are first class citizens
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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In the UK, you would pay through the nose for that in Income Tax! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I pay income tax of course, but that much less (about 1/7th) of the money I would spend on it on my own...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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Sure can. I ride my bicycle to/from work year round. Gas cost $0/yr. Comprehensive Insurance $0/yr. Health benefits $priceless.
<>
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Reminds me of when Trans Ams first came out. I liked the look, didn't even think of the power involved and I was a 16 year old who should have been blinded by that. The insurance company got that idea out of my head when 1 year's insurance would be 1.2 times the cost of the car. Just as well, I needed that money to get through university training.
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Michael Martin wrote: ..has any body seen Mi KeHunt?
No, but I have seen Colin Forsecs.
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