Isn't the labour market looking up, lately?

Post #31,655 by CRConrad 3/11/02 1:31:47 PM Reply	Isn't the labour market looking up, lately? Tell him he's a fuckwit. And that your way is the way real programmers do it. Reiterate that -- tell him that, as apparently opposed to him, you know several of us. And since he obviously isn't one, he should just let you do your job. Ask him if he really thinks he's better at your job than you are. When he says, "Yes", laugh hysterically. Tell him again, what a fuckwit he is. Then, after he's fired you, use him as a negative-reference: Ask your next prospective employer, "Are you anything like that guy? 'Cuz then I wouldn't want to work for you!" HTH! (OK, probably not... How about this then -- call the table "groop"?) Christian R. Conrad Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #31,662 by drewk 3/11/02 1:50:47 PM Reply	What I ended up doing Called it 'group_tbl' and did a special-case check for it. Turned out I had it well-enough modularized already that I only had to put the check in one place. (Yay me!) Thing is, the guy is a c++ wizard, and the only one here who can work with the HP3000's. (Our main work right now, BTW, is to port everything off them and get rid of them.) He still thinks the right way to do efficient data access is flat files. And seems to believe if something is not how he already does it, it can't be right. PS: Shhh, don't tell anyone (especially not my wife) but I'm already checking the classifieds again. I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #32,696 by tablizer 3/19/02 1:46:45 AM Reply	depends what you really want >> He still thinks the right way to do efficient data access is flat files. << Efficient for what, the machine or the human? >> And seems to believe if something is not how he already does it, it can't be right. << You have to decide what is more important: money, or the right to tell someone they are wrong. I am afraid that they are probably mutually exclusive. Sometimes I want to say, "I will take a 10k/yr pay cut to gain the privaledge of telling you when you are stupid." Or negotiate frequency of stupidity notifications per K reduction. I once had a boss who actually liked to hear my opinion on things (most of the time). Those are rare. Most want smiling Yes-men. But, naming conventions are a personal thing. I have my own preferences, but would not make somebody rewrite a bunch of stuff before they knew the shop conventions. If it was so important to him, he should have said so up front. I would probably want prefixes for views and stored procedures, but not for tables. ________________ oop.ismad.com

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