One might think that a team of developers might use e-mail, instant messaging, and related geeky stuff to communicate amongst themselves.
Oh no — instead, my team takes a slightly different approach:
Taken shamelessly from a bash.org quote:
Since I write code for a living, I get all interested about any topics related to coding, and today I uncovered an interesting one. During my daily Slashdot perusal, I discovered a post over there referencing a blog post on the Internet Security blog, which in turn references what is apparently the second most popular question ever posted on StackOverflow – which was, “what is the single most influential book every programmer should read?”.
As voted for by those who participated in the StackOverflow discussion, here’s the top ten. For ease of use, I’ve included links to the respective pages on Amazon.
I’m a bit ashamed to admit that I haven’t read any of the books in the list – guess I need to pay the UCT library a visit this weekend.
Andrew, for those readers who don’t know by now, packed his bags and emigrated to the UK at the end of last month – and is now looking for a job over there.
Hence, this immortal Google Talk conversation:
Andrew
holy shit
there’s a lot of jobs for programmersMe
so stop being lazy and get one! 😛Andrew
working on embedded c/c++ systems for the freaking armyMe
oh.Andrew
at least i’m british born and can get clearance, so I can still apply for the silly things
coz they specifically ask for that.
but there’s the question, do I want to work there? o_O
sure, if I put a bug in a website, someone gets pissed off, but an accidental bug in a rocket launcher?
I’m still wiping the tears from my eyes at the thought of Andrew putting bugs in rocket launchers – the results would be similar to the results of my lack of skill wielding banana bombs in Worms… 😀