On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:22:22 +0200 "Paulo Pinto" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, 30 July 2012 at 19:31:51 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 07:04:21 +0100 > > Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> My experience from various training courses I have given is > >> that in > >> the large corporate Web applications world, the average > >> programmer > >> knows Java, just enough Java, and isn't that interested in > >> anything > >> else. Gross oversimplification but a good indicator. > > > > Ugh, such "programmers" don't deserve a paycheck. It's like > > hiring > > someone who never learned arithmetic as an accountant. Makes no > > fucking sense at all - they just simply *can't* do their > > fucking trade, > > period. The "programmer" and the hiring manager should both be > > fired > > and pointed to nearest (possibly hiring) fast food joint. > > > > (Incarceration for "impersonating a programmer" would perhaps > > be more > > appropriate ;) ) > > Sadly this is how many well known consulting companies with a big > client portfolio of Fortune 500 companies work. > It's no surprise then as to why, outside of management circles, consulting companies have gained a reputation for not knowing what they're doing.
