Re: Attention Experienced Professionals

From: Laconic2 <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:59:10 -0400
Message-ID: <wo-dnV2YJc-Wg-3cRVn-iw@comcast.com>

"Kenneth Downs" <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote in message news:ebfokc.dmf.ln_at_mercury.downsfam.net...

> A colleague of mine and I had a certain approach to tough problems we
could
> not work out. I might start by saying, "I'm having trouble, maybe you can
> find my bug." Then I would begin explaining, and then say, "Oh, forget
it,
> I just figured it out."
>
> After awhile we dropped the part about helping, and would approach each
> other by saying, "I'm going to explain to you what I'm doing and figure
out
> a problem about halfway through the explanation..." The other would
> chuckle and patiently listen.

A long, long time ago a programming team I was on discovered this phenomenon. It happened so often that we made up a name for it. We called it "the interactive wall". (as in, "I might as well be talking to the wall.") We never quite got to the point of actually talking to the walls, but... Received on Fri Oct 15 2004 - 13:59:10 CDT