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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 87 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (3 children)

Here's a (very old) joke I like to tell on tech forums sometimes; it nicely encapsulates how they communicate. Most people get it, but there's always a few who don't think it's funny:

A programer's wife asks him to do some shopping: "Please buy a loaf of bread, and if they have eggs, buy a dozen."
He comes back with 12 loaves of bread.
The wife asks: "Why on earth would you get 12 loaves of bread?"
"They had eggs."

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 47 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

All of the worst programmers I have worked with do that exact thing and refuse to acknowledge that they might have misunderstood what was said.

The good ones ask for clarification when something sounds weird.

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 37 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

As a programmer working support. I often ask users for clarification on how they expect things to work, and they often make me imagine a dog going "no take only throw" by saying 'i don't know just fix it.'

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 12 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, those people are annoying too.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Early on in my career I've wasted time on projects implementing the wrong thing a few times so ever since I clarify to a fault even if it doesn't sound weird. If something can be interpreted multiple ways I always ask for clarification even if one interpretation is "more popular". I'd rather spend 5 minutes asking for clarification than waste a week of everyone's time.

Since then I don't think I've ever implemented something "wrong". There might be miscommunications in other parts of the communication chain but never with me.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

Ugh.

Listen here, you little shits. I hired you because I don't need robots. I can build robots, for crying out loud.

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

im gonna do whats called a pro gramer move

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 0 points 14 hours ago

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