Something for all Developers

When I started coding we didn't have fancy UIs or intelligent syntax helpers, we used COPY CON and we liked it!

Pretty old but still one of my favorites. I still have a *bottle* of Jolt Cola on my desk. No, I really do. The cola literally ate a hole in the can I had for years but the bottle still stands.

Here's another fact I deal with on a regular basis. Something in my bones idk, I hate doing repetitive tasks I know can be automated. Lazy I guess.

This has never happened. Well, not today. Well, not since lunch. And yes, it's Saturday.

Ok, one more theory...also old but pretty Industry Standard

I worked my way up to UI to the point of having real usability testing for a time. The absolute worst thing we can inflict on a user is a fault in an error handler.

The rest are comics

that describe a tiny aspect

of what it is like to be a software developer. Been coding over 20 years and just had this happen last week. I put a = where I should have put a ==

Sorry if this breaks anyone's bubble, but everyone is self-taught. You either have the genetic mangling that renders a life coder or you don't.

Worse, the code they're copying has comments that they don't change or delete and has no context where it's copied

Kind of like how these noadd comments are turning into an autobiography

Bob Ross is like, immortal

Not too far off the mark

This is the crap that drives me nuts. It's not like there's an AI at the core of CISL or something that says, "nah, not this time". How does this even happen?

Requirements gathering, amiright?

This is what got me started and it's what keeps me going. If you're new to development and someone comes in to explain some really cool feat they just mastered, if you don't have time to really follow along, common courtesy is to smile and nod a lot, and if you're skilled, do a little reflective listening too.

I am this guy. Both of him.

Regular expressions are the work of the devil. Change my mind.

I worked with a guy who had this kind of tolerance. I learned more from him than any other in my career. He is a brilliant engineer. I need to give him a shout, been too long.

The third branch is the one I get most: Ok, well, time to go home, bye!

Oddly, I've found this trickles into other aspects of my life. Take home improvement for example...

Truth

Also truth

After the next ice age some visitor will dig up a remnant of humanity and it will have doom installed on it.

I work in JScript.NET these days. It's both and neither. It's .NET but it's not. It's Javascript but it's not.

It's funny how much of my life has become like Dilbert. I literally live on Tolbert Ave.

Being in UI as I was for years, this remains my favorite Dilbert. I take a hard copy wherever I go as a reminder of where things were and where they've gone. Though I really think the first two frames were enough.

Ok, enough lollygagging for me. Back to work!