Re: Programing requirements - Guidelines - Code Revision and External Programmers - Am I wrong

I also agree - this sounds like an employee, right? But even if he is a contractor, he's off-base. When I was doing contract work, the first question I had was, what are the standards, if any.

The guy made changes that have a wide impact. And did not take actions as described. Also, the code doesn't belong to him, it is the property of his employer, or at least that is how things usually are stated around here.

Carry on, my friend - wish I could have taken on remote work with you, since commuting to Germany wasn't in the cards!

:)

Vern

On 3/5/2013 5:44 AM, paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Of course you are not wrong.
You implement these policies to make it easier to maintain your software so
that future programmers can know what to expect.
If the policies are not followed then maintenance of the software can become
a nightmare.
And it sounds as if your external programmer is not a good fit for your
shop.

Paul


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Subject: Programing requirements - Guidelines - Code Revision and External
Programmers - Am I wrong

Do not want to start a never ending discussions but only get a few opinions.

We got a new external programmer who did the first enhancements.

Before he started he got a couple of programming guidelines (only a few ones
around 10), among them:

=snip=

What happened: The programmer finished his work:

=snip=

I rejected the enhancements because they do not conform to the guidelines.
The comment of the programmer was: it works and why I should not snooping
through his sources. He could not understand why I'm trying to play the
boss. If I think I can it better I should do it myself.

Am I really wrong insisting in the programming guidelines are followed?
IMHO "working" is not all, also the source code must be documented and
conform the guidelines.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." (Les
Brown)
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." (Derek Bok) "What is
worse than training your staff and losing them? Not training them and
keeping them!"


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