Crazy On Tap - so I think we've found the reason so many software projects fail

so I think we've found the reason so many software projects fail

...every computer programmer is either insane or uneducated...

this will make interviewing for my next employee a breeze :) one question.

"are you insane?"

answer==no ? "ah! so when did you drop out of school?.":"great! what was your grade avg?"

Jesus H Christ
January 23rd, 2006

You are uneducated ...

So you can't be right!

Rick Tang
January 23rd, 2006

I am insane so I can't be right either.

Rick Tang
January 23rd, 2006

I... can't think of any counterexamples.

Art Wilkins
January 23rd, 2006

What makes you think the causal relationship doesn't run the other way?

MarkTAW
January 23rd, 2006

Computer programmers are insane or uneducated because so many software projects fail?

Practical Geezer
January 23rd, 2006

Minus the "or uneducated" part, yeah.

"So many software projects fail because programmers are insane."

"Programmers are insane because so many software projects fail."

Chicken. Egg.

MarkTAW
January 23rd, 2006

Egg, as any fule know.

Mat Hall
January 23rd, 2006

All of you are wrong. See beyond yourselves.
Or rather see this - http://www.romlist.com/jokes/boss.jpg

That is the reason for projects to fail.

Vineet Reynolds
January 23rd, 2006

I am not insane, the rest of you are.

What is .NET?
January 23rd, 2006

This topic was orginally posted to the off-topic forum of the
Joel on Software discussion board.