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Just an (interesting?) observation of how quickly your posting of the hard work plowing through code as an act of perseverance has deteriorated to kiddy-porn (and probably bestiality, but I won't mention that).
Whilst you reflect upon that I'll find some more innocent thread to occupy my good clean cynicism.
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Internet meet Balboos. Balboos, internet. Enjoy.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: What's the worst you've pushed yourself through?
Worse than tedious work was weeks when there was little to do. A close second was being part of projects that I knew would either fail or get cancelled. At least there's a sense of accomplishment after tedious work. In those other situations, none.
modified 10-Mar-20 13:48pm.
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Great post!!
Chris Maunder wrote: The ability to just plow on through whatever mental, physical or environmental obstacle is in your way and just push on regardless.
I agree 100%. Tenacity is the key.
One of my all-time favorite quotes:
Louis Pasteur Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
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Chris Maunder wrote: I would honestly rather site and watch a week of reality TV than grind my way through this but that's (somewhat thankfully, really) not an option.
After a week of "grinding through this", you'll probably have learned something useful.
A week of reality TV will just turn your brain to...well, I don't know. But I picture your brain would be dripping out of your ears at that point.
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dandy72 wrote: you'll probably have learned something useful
I've learned how to fine tune the coffee machine, how to adjust my chair perfectly, how to align my pens, phone and papers on the desk at exact right angles, and how to adjust the blinds to perfectly adapt to the changing light outside.
I have a Masters in Procrastination.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: I have a Masters in Procrastination.
That's because it is boring HTML.
If you wrote a program (or script) everything would be different.
What you need to do is write an app that parses through the HTML and.... 
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raddevus wrote: What you need to do is write an app that parses through the HTML
Who you call...? Ghostbusters!!! code witch 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Chris Maunder wrote: I have a Masters in Procrastination.
Phhhht! I have spent that last 22 years working on my PhD in the same subject...
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Working on it? Or getting around to working on it?
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Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: I have a Masters in Procrastination.
I've decided I'll learn all about procrastination later.
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Working (to put it politely) with InstallShield.
I'd rather be phishing!
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/ravi
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At one time, the InstallShield development team occupied the #1 slot on my list of dev-teams-to-be-put-against-the-wall-when-the-revolution-comes.
Then my company transitioned from Novell GroupWise for email to Lotus Notes.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Chris Maunder wrote: What's the worst you've pushed yourself through?
Almost three years of working 60+ hour weeks at an early stage company.
It was worth the effort. I learned a lot from some very (IMHO) bright engineers, and it was fascinating to get an inside look at what it takes (aside from software engineering) to take an idea to market. Our little company turned down a few early low-ball offers in the wake of the dot com crash and we continued to plough ahead with our heads down, because we knew we had a good solution to a real business problem. It was one of the best jobs I've had.
/ravi
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25 years to figure out how astronomy, religion, and science were connected three millennia ago, and still have a few weeks left to finish making a video I'm working on. I feel your pain, and then some!
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Building out the basic message classes for an IRCv3 client - 184 bland, POD classes. Not a whiff of intellectual stimulation in sight.
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On a similar vein I once saw a developer break, it was not pretty.
After working for 4 years developing a system for an Oz bank and days prior to going into production the project was pulled, when he asked the reason for the cancellation the head of development replied with "why do you care, you were paid weren't you". The developer then decked his boss and broke down crying.
He was consequently sacked but not charged and we gave the development head hell till entire department was disbanded as non functional.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: "why do you care, you were paid weren't you". The developer then decked his boss and broke down crying
This explains why after I left defense contracting I decided I would never do it again. I spent years working on projects that were used for two weeks and then shelved, or never used at all.
As much as I despair dealing with some of our customers, at least the stuff I do gets used.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I've had the opposite experience, create an application that was supposed to be used during a crisis and operational for only 6 months. We had a party when it was finally retired 8 years later.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I never condone violence but I hope someone bought that developer a beer.
A little bit of decency goes a long way. Sheesh.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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The guy is the epitome of a meek and mild geek, I don't think he has ever thrown a punch before or since but after pouring 4 years of heart and soul into the development, well we did not blame him at all.
I think he actually got laid that night as I'm pretty sure one of the ladies took a shine to him.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) here's to testosterone.
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Chris Maunder
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A couple of years ago I was tasked with fixing a problem in a product that wasn't mine, and the original author had passed away. On a 0-10 scale (10 being throw yourself off the cliff), the code was a 7. Embedded 'C' that was 20+ years old, had been through three or four compilers, and four different hardware platforms. All of which the code still supported through countless #if...#endif blocks.
I couldn't repro the problem, until I finally got Mr. Twitchy™ (a coworker) to help. Ultimately we found the bug was a lack of proper initialization in a 3rd party TCP/IP stack we'd purchased in 1995 and then spent the next 20 years modifying. If anybody knows the folks on the WireShark team, tell them I owe them all a or six, plus I'm willing to bear a child or two for them.
The correction was only a couple dozen lines of code spread over 3 or 4 places.
I spent over 200 hours of my time over a year debugging this issue. I figure we burned between $75K and $100K, for a system that originally sold for less than that. Sounds stupid, no? It does until you're told that this customer spends millions every year buying stuff from another part of your company, and their head guy just brought up this problem with our head guy.
It's amazing how much grit resembles abject terror at the thought of having to find another job after almost 30 years in your current position.
Software Zen: delete this;
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My worst are inherited project, that I have to bring up to working order after years of development... That means that I have to turn things upside down without breaking any external reference or look and feel if there is an UI...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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