The End of an Era

Friday was the end of an era.  Buddy moved from our team to become a burden on someone else's.  He sprinkled a few gems over the last few weeks that had me shaking my head in confusion and awe.
  • "I left my last job because I had to do too much JavaScript and UI."  Sure.  Most of us would rather be doing other things. (Slim promptly assigned him to backend C# code.)
  • "I don't like writing business logic."  Okay.....but why did you take a job with a consulting company then?  We will never be doing anyting but UI and business logic, and we already know what he thinks of UI.
  • "I want to get back to Java.  Doing .NET has made me be treated like a junior programmer."  Interesting statement for a guy with over ten years of experience and an MCSD.  One would think good code, but that isn't the case.  I know this because I'm re-writing a lot of what he created.  Maybe it was nothing more than a complete lack of interest in what we were doing (see two points above), but it certainly makes him look more junior than anyone else on the team.
  • "This UI stuff is giving me problems."  Well....you're adding an image to a table......hmmm......Ahhhhh, poor muffin....
  • "I have defects in the tracker?  You mean I have to look in it?"  Ummmmmm....Easy Aragorn....easy.......  I'm surprise that she didn't do unto him as she might to an Orc.
Anyways, now who do I have to write about?  I suppose I'll start writing about technology.

posted @ Sunday, October 02, 2005 3:43 PM

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