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(jeffa) 3Re: Initiative or otherwise?by jeffa (Bishop) |
on Jul 08, 2002 at 03:32 UTC ( [id://180078]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
"The argument in favor of Programmer B is based on the
myth that existing code is somehow superior to your
own..."
Well, i don't necessarily disagree with that, but .. "The program is required for a demo Tuesday." So sure, A will have improved some kind of skill - but there is an equal chance that thatSay that the program is not for a demo - well, any serious application is going to need more than a weekend to just hack together. Shops that don't realize this are doomed to spend endless hours debugging and recoding mistakes that could have been avoided by proper research and design - proper skills that i'll bet that B is familiar with. ;) But, we have digressed away from the original question, which was basically what is the difference between cheating in school and using existing code on the job. I'd tell you my opinion on this, but i would just be repeating what MeowChow has already excellently said.
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