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From: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst)
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Subject: Re: Titles
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Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 15:28:46 EST
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In article <140@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes:
>As to those new-hires -- they're usually very surprised  to  find  out  how
>much  of the job is documenting their work.  

I've always wanted to teach a course that continues someone else's work.
Perhaps a two semester course where the students start the second semester
with someone else's first semester project.  Someone's project that had as
much documentation as they provided in theirs.

>They're also very surprised to
>learn about such things as coding standards and code  review  boards  ("But
>you're  stifling  my  creativity!").  Most  get  the  idea, after having to
>rewrite several hundred lines of code to standard.  Those who  don't  don't
>last long.

We discussed coding standards at school, outside of class.  A friend of
mine use to shoot down the creativity argument by saying "If you want to
teach someone to draw you give them a pencil, not a box of 108 crayons.
Programmers who can't produce a work of art and still code to standards
are not showing much creativity."
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