Programming and Sweet Irony (3/30 – 4/3)

Programming

For the whole 16 months I’ve been working as a developer there are three things I’ve learned and probably true to most with the same job:
1.       The user gets what they want no matter what.
Yes. As I’ve said once here before, the user is the worst form of customer ever because, even if they aren’t right, they always get the last say. You may convince them to some of your ideas but the moment they sniffed they are out of control they bombard you with incredulous specs you wish you can strangle them as soon as after office hours.
2.       If you’ve already exhausted your resources, ask.
Always. If there are some things you are not aware, or are having problems with, ask. Consult with as many people as possible and do not underestimate any co-worker. They may have already encountered such problems before.
3.       Never over think the solution and never forget to always keep it simple.
One of the biggest problems of a senior programmer is over thinking on how to solve solutions that not only do they do it the long way, they would definitely confuse you, plus, making it more difficult for everyone else to understand. This is actually one of the reasons I’m writing this one down because I don’t get it when they try to resolve the problem by doing absurd and difficult solutions on such problems that can be solved in a much easier way. I wish I won’t be one my entire life and stick to things that would help me create turnarounds that too experienced programmers see differently, not to mention too complex. Programming should be done as simple as one can, and not a way to prove you are better than anyone by doing it the long way.

Sweet Irony

I said last week I was trying my best to keep off sweets.  But by Monday I already done my first ‘sin’ by eating a chocolate muffin and a smore’s cookie from Bread Monster (ATC). I don’t really feel good today, I feel so sad  for a reason I couldn’t write and this is my form of purging myself off of the melancholy. I promised that it would be the last but for some wicked twist of fate, the bosses from upstairs actually prepared a ‘despedida’ of some sort the next day, much to my surprise. Not only have they prepared coke but there was also chocolate cake and two tubs of ice cream, one was chocolate, the other was caramel something. Darn. I feel chills all over. If this is my first temptation of turning away from sweets I just failed it! Well better luck for me next time!