Re: Chalk one up for "The Cycle"

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

And a nice shade of rouge it is...

On 4/26/07, Bob Cozzi <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually, Rick DeShone, Greg Veal Bruce Hoffman and myself started the "Rogue
> Programmers Guild" over a decade ago. Which is where I got the term "rogue
> programmer".
>
> Rogue and Guild in the same title--sounds like an oxymoron; I guess it is.
> I'd ask the other guys what they think, but since we all work independently, we
> don't care what the other person thinks, hence the "rouge".
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> -Bob Cozzi
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> There's a book for you to write, Bob:
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> RPG: Rogue Programmers Guide
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> Matt Hopkins
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> > It is when the rogue programmer _decides on their own_ to use something
> different
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> I like that Bob.  Rogue Programmer.  Sounds like a movie title....lots of
> explosions....
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> > What needs to be done is not say "Use X or your dog will die" what needs
>
> to be
> > said is that you need to make yourself valuable to your organization.
> Make
> > yourself part of a solution. Make your company understand that you can
> and want
> > to do this or that application with the System i; it can do it.
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> > Maybe IBM's System i slogan should not be "I want i", but rather "i can
> do iT".
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> Well said.  Too bad IBM's slogan appears to be "milk 'em for all their
> worth and don't worry about new installs"
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> On the subject of the cycle vs. SQL.  Every tool has it's place in the
> garage, it's our job to decide which tool to use to maximize efficiency.
> But we all have our favorite tools.  =)  (Mine's a sawzall!)
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