Impressed

[Nick Sabalausky]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:22:22 +0200
"Paulo Pinto" <pjmlp at progtools.org> wrote:

> On Monday, 30 July 2012 at 19:31:51 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 07:04:21 +0100
> > Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> My experience from various training courses I have given is 
> >> that in
> >> the large corporate Web applications world, the average 
> >> programmer
> >> knows Java, just enough Java, and isn't that interested in 
> >> anything
> >> else. Gross oversimplification but a good indicator.
> >
> > Ugh, such "programmers" don't deserve a paycheck. It's like 
> > hiring
> > someone who never learned arithmetic as an accountant. Makes no
> > fucking sense at all - they just simply *can't* do their 
> > fucking trade,
> > period. The "programmer" and the hiring manager should both be 
> > fired
> > and pointed to nearest (possibly hiring) fast food joint.
> >
> > (Incarceration for "impersonating a programmer" would perhaps 
> > be more
> > appropriate ;) )
> 
> Sadly this is how many well known consulting companies with a big 
> client portfolio of Fortune 500 companies work.
> 

It's no surprise then as to why, outside of management circles,
consulting companies have gained a reputation for not knowing what
they're doing.