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- From: pod@cadvision.com (Mariusz Zydyk [Prince of Darkness])
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- Subject: Re: Can we do programming without seeing the end user?
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 05:31:06 GMT
- Organization: Domain of Darkness
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- On Sat, 23 Mar 1996 06:50:09 GMT, genew@mindlink.bc.ca (Gene Wirchenko)
- wrote:
- > I'm not quite that extreme. I would say that if the designer can
- > not tell the client something non-trivial about the job that the
- > client doesn't already know, the water is probably too deep.
-
- > >Unfortunately, this is a very rare exception, as most programmers have
- > >no interest outside their field. It shows, guys, it really shows.
-
- ------- While I agree with the above comments [some deleted], I would say
- that the same goes the other way. For example, an acountant telling a
- programmer 'write me an accounting program' is about as useful as a
- programmer whipping out a payroll program without knowing a thing about the
- subject. There is a lot that goes into writing large packages; most people
- don't even realize it. Right now there is a large demand for programmers
- with experience in other fields such as physics or accounting. Naturally a
- good solution is to have programmers research the subject their program is
- supposed to deal with.
-