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Reason #2 Why We Write Unit Tests

J. Timothy King — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:00:46 +0000

Ninety-nine little bugs in the code, Ninety-nine little bugs! You take one down, patch it around, A hundred and seventeen bugs in the code!

Looking for Smart Software Developers

J. Timothy King — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:09:26 +0000

A lot of companies were looking for Drupal and WordPress consultants this week, and you know what that means: another batch of funny job ads! No, really, I’m really excited about this week’s funny job ads, and I think you’ll agree. Because who doesn’t just LOVE funny job ads?!

Like this real-life job ad from CraigsList, which I swear is completely true, which is looking for “Smart Software Developers," as opposed to the stupid variety. (And if you’re not a smart software developer, I’m sure they might still accept your application, as long as you’re at least a technical rockstar.)

So THIS Is Why I Can't Find Work

J. Timothy King — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:25:13 +0000

I hope you get as big a kick out of this as I did. Here are a couple of recent craigslist ads I did not reply to. I mean, yeah, there’s getting work just to make money. But then, there’s getting work just so you can make fun of your new client.

So, maybe I might have tried to get on one of these projects, just so that I could get some Dibert-esque, “You gotta be kidding!?” blog posts out of them. But I didn’t want to have to deal with the headaches, hypertension, gastritis, and murderous impulses. So I figured instead I’d just write about them here. That should help guarantee that they never hire me. (Whew!)

First up, a startup company advertising for a Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP developer. Hey, that’s right up my alley! But… Uh… I can only imagine that they’re actually serious. Frankly, this reads like a joke to me. (I added the yellow highlighting below, so that you’ll see what I mean.)

Too Late, the Code Is Already Written

J. Timothy King — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:00:57 +0000

One way to deal with poor communication on a software project is simply to ignore the people around you and do what you wanted to do anyhow. Of course, this strategy can backfire, especially if you don’t know what you’re doing. But in that case, you probably won’t know enough to notice it backfiring, so it will all work out in the end.

That’s what I did at my first job.

Top 10 Most Bizarre Programming Languages Ever Created

J. Timothy King — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:07:28 +0000

From NETTUTS, a humorous summary of 10 bizarre programming languages, namely:

Ook!
Piet
Whitespace
LOLCODE
Shakespeare
Befunge
reMorse
FALSE
Whenever
l33t

The conclusion one draws from this list is unmistakable and undeniable: There are programmers in the world who have far too much free time on their hands!

-TimK

Yeah, That's What I Think of the Election

J. Timothy King — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:14:21 +0000

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