State of the Market

[malvolio]

Introduction to Programming back in the day (early 90s) at Uni.

1st semester: Turbo Pascal, nice to learn, there's an error on this line and it's probably because of this...

2nd semester: COBOL There's an error in these 1000s of lines. F**ked if I'm telling you where the error is or what it is.


So I was not a fan of COBOLLOX.

qh

Finding the error in 1000s of lines of code is par for the course with the old 2GL languages, not just COBOL. You have to learn to read the core dumps. But properly written (a lot of which wasn't, naturally) it can be pretty much self-documenting.

[SchumiStars]

Finding the error in 1000s of lines of code is par for the course with the old 2GL languages, not just COBOL. You have to learn to read the core dumps. But properly written (a lot of which wasn't, naturally) it can be pretty much self-documenting.

COBEL still in use?
VB6/VB.Net died a long, long time ago.

[oliverson]

Seeking to maximise personal revenue, while minimising effort should not be detrimental to one's clients and doesn't break 'Rule 1'. One won't maximise revenue over the long term by doing poor quality work; similarly, minimising effort equates to delivering in the most efficient manner. It's transactional.

At business school we're taught that the objective of the firm is to maximise profit (shareholder value). For a firm, workers are a means to that end. It's therefore, I suggest, rational for workers to consider the firm (client) as a means to an end. To my mind this is not indicative of a detrimental attitude.

I'm sure we've all seen capable workers who were naively loyal to a firm getting ditched when the firm no longer needs them. This is particularly the case for people who become middle-managers and lose marketable skills along the way. I do think that some (smaller) firms are still benevolent to their workers, but I've noticed a general decline in this over the decades. I simply see working for a living as a transaction, not a relationship.

Nicely put, I was just going to tell him to **** off! lol..

[sadkingbilly]

Introduction to Programming back in the day (early 90s) at Uni.

1st semester: Turbo Pascal, nice to learn, there's an error on this line and it's probably because of this...

2nd semester: COBOL There's an error - F**ked if I'm telling you where the error is or what it is.


So I was not a fan of COBOLLOX.

qh

just like ALL windoze 'apps' then