Re: Attention Experienced Professionals
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:06:50 +0100
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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
-- Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat.Received on Sat Oct 16 2004 - 00:06:50 CEST