Re: Growing your own programmers

["OleBlighty" <oleblighty@xxxxxxxx>]

> Oh, it's true.  I've seen some of the 'program specs' given to our
contract
> programmers--  it's either pseudo code or code fragments interspersed with
> comments describing in excruciating detail how to write the program.
>
> Except for the fact that the person writing the specs doesn't have to do
> the coding, and doesn't have to do the debugging, the spec writer has to
do
> all of the thinking.
>
> The 'contract programmer' has to be hand fed instructions.

It seems to be true in your company but I havn't seen many companies operate
in the fashion your describe.  The contractors at your company must be
thinking "easy money" as it takes absolutely no thinking to code.  Get good
contractors and give them a meatier job to do first time out and you might
be supprised.

> A programmer can program anything.  But to be productive at a particular
> comapny, it takes time to learn how the company does business.

The cleaners at our place have no clue how the company does business but
they are very productive and help other people to be productive also.  Don't
we all love a nice fresh bowl......


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