Re: Attention Experienced Professionals

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:07:10 -0400, Kenneth Downs <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote:

>Lemming wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:21:02 -0400, Kenneth Downs
>> <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>> At my favourite client's site, we used to call it cardboarding: "Hey
>> Mark, sit still a minute, I need a cardboard programmer ..."
>>
>> It works almost every time.
>>
>> Lemming
>
>LOL! Is ESR listening? That should go in the jargon file.

Eric Raymond listens? Not to the likes of me, I'll wager.

Lemming

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