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At the interview: Ace the "fox-hen-grain crossing problem"
First day working in IT: Find out that foxes can swim.
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Second day working in IT: Find out that the fox is actually a turtle, the grain is on back-order and that the chicken died last Tuesday.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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And on the 3rd day you will see the bridge...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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And the day after that, there'll be a light at the end of the tunnel.
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... and then discover that the light is an oncoming train.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Or some bastard with a torch bringing you more work. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Or... it could be the gates of hell opening up to usher in new development work on technology that hasn't been supported for 15 years.
"When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others; same thing when you are stupid."
Ignorant - An individual without knowledge, but is willing to learn.
Stupid - An individual without knowledge and is incapable of learning.
Idiot - An individual without knowledge and allows social media to do the thinking for them.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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But it was built from QA and SO code fragments cobbled together by a Guru ... who left six weeks ago.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: But it was built from QA and SO code fragments cobbled together by a Guru ... who left six weeks ago.
So you did have a second job.
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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Third day: Discover that foxes not only are derived from the baseclass turtle, but that turtles also inherit from a baseclass: Fish.
Extreme baseclassing, my favorite extreme sport.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Hahaha, a real Dutch treat 
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Second day: Finds the solution to the fex-hen-grain crossing problem on statckoverflow
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Third day: solution is in PHP and doesn't compile under .NET for WPF. Ask in QA for a translation.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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What does the fox say?[^]
Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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The Grain is Big Data.
You, the developer, are the Hen -- you must consume the Grain.
The Fox is Corporate Security who won't let you in the same room as the Grain and won't let you have the tools to consume it even if they did.
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But his tail gets immersed. And he gets to start over.
Hexagram 64 - I Ching
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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Did you forget to include a proper termination condition for the link recursion?
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Make bread from the grain.
Grill up the Chicken for sandwiches.
Catch the fox and make a fur stole.
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Can hide a criminal estate (8)
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Hacienda (anagram of "can hide a") being a plantation in Hispanic colonies or a night club in Manchester.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Beat me to it! 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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