http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/ Braindump from Damien; Python, Objective-C, Javascript, geeking; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Jason Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:42:33 +0000 http://houyr.72pines.com/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/#comment-21 Accept all credit for the project when all you have done for it is ask the star programmer, "How's it coming?" once every two months. Accept all credit for the project when all you have done for it is ask the star programmer, “How’s it coming?” once every two months.

]]> http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Hou Yong Rong Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:06:11 +0000 http://houyr.72pines.com/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/#comment-20 Oops...forgot to have the email scrambler on. Sorry. It's on now. But looks like existing emails can't be scrambled? Oops…forgot to have the email scrambler on. Sorry. It’s on now. But looks like existing emails can’t be scrambled?

]]> http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/comment-page-1/#comment-19 OJ Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:42:29 +0000 http://houyr.72pines.com/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/#comment-19 Can you please remove my email address from this page? If I'd known that the email was going to be public I'd never have punched it in the first time. Can you please remove my email address from this page? If I’d known that the email was going to be public I’d never have punched it in the first time.

]]> http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Charson Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:35 +0000 http://houyr.72pines.com/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/#comment-18 36)make him use the floopy drive for back ups 36)make him use the floopy drive for back ups

]]> http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Rakhitha Karunarathne Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:12:17 +0000 http://houyr.72pines.com/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/#comment-17 Hire a marketing team that does not know the limitations of the technology that the company is using. Hire a marketing team that does not know the limitations of the technology that the company is using.

]]> http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Jackson Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:02:42 +0000 http://houyr.72pines.com/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/#comment-16 35) Cheat on your wife with the company secretary and give her authority to tell the programmers how to do their job! 35) Cheat on your wife with the company secretary and give her authority to tell the programmers how to do their job!

]]> http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/comment-page-1/#comment-15 pain Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:20:54 +0000 http://houyr.72pines.com/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/#comment-15 32) Ask them to answer the phone after 16:00. (At 16:00 the company secretary goes home). 33) Ignore any of their requests for a CPU or memory upgrade. 512mb should be enough. 34) Ignore any of their requests for new tech books in the company. Programmers (and especially "star" ones) should buy their own books, study them on their free time, and bring/apply knowledge back to work. 32) Ask them to answer the phone after 16:00. (At 16:00 the company secretary goes home).
33) Ignore any of their requests for a CPU or memory upgrade. 512mb should be enough.
34) Ignore any of their requests for new tech books in the company. Programmers (and especially “star” ones) should buy their own books, study them on their free time, and bring/apply knowledge back to work.

]]> http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Robert Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:47:39 +0000 http://houyr.72pines.com/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/#comment-14 31) Insist that they be teamed with the new tech support new hire so he can learn the product from the ground up. 31) Insist that they be teamed with the new tech support new hire so he can learn the product from the ground up.

]]> http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/comment-page-1/#comment-13 linuxkid Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:25:37 +0000 http://houyr.72pines.com/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/#comment-13 28) Have them generate "Reports" for sales 29) Have them write documentations that no one wants 30) Have them listen "web 2.0" meetings from manager 28) Have them generate “Reports” for sales
29) Have them write documentations that no one wants
30) Have them listen “web 2.0″ meetings from manager

]]> http://damienh.org/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/comment-page-1/#comment-12 mj1531 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:10:49 +0000 http://houyr.72pines.com/2007/06/24/10_ways_to_kill_your/#comment-12 26) Have them work with blub programmers. 27) Have them share office space with noisy project managers and an erratic heating/cooling system. 26) Have them work with blub programmers.
27) Have them share office space with noisy project managers and an erratic heating/cooling system.

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