We had a “programmer” who built this nifty application that is critical to our company’s daily operations. She did a bad job of it though, and it’s a very brittle application. If people don’t do things exactly right, the application will blow up and say bad things about their grandmother. Very nasty little app.
So this “programmer” announces her resignation, and I’m left to support her stuff. *sigh* So right now I’m setting up her project in source control (subversion), which basically keeps track of all the changes you make to anything, and let’s you go back to previous version. I just installed Tortoise SVN, as I like it better than Ankh, which I had been using for my stuff.
This is a pretty big app, so it’s taking a long time to import into source control. I guess I didn’t need to import all these binary files, but *shrug* you can never be too careful.
I just came across this thread on JoelOnSoftware. My problem isn’t quite like that, but it’s similar. I actually have a copy of Death March by Yourdon… I need to go dig that up.
Maybe you should apply for the position, and then I could take over your job. Of course, then you’d have to work from the office every day. Or, you could convince him to hire me to replace her (did she “program” full time?). Plus, I could take your office since you’d work from home.
Sounds like a plan!
by “the position” i meant CIO, not her position.
where u working these days? azileretsis
I’m at Alternative Behavioral Services in Norfolk. I moved here in Aug 2003. I quit working at Americomm in June 2003, and looked for a job for a couple months. That place was really really bad. I had developed a nervous twitch in my eye and bronchitis from working with about 4 hours of sleep.
Amazingly, when I quit I healed within 2 days. Then I played XBox and looked for a job. 2 months later, I found something here at a better payrate and in a *much* better environment. I’ve been here for about 20 months now, which is rapidly approaching Compass as the longest I’ve stayed anywhere in programming (2 years).