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- From: Shalom Reich <sqr1874@acf4.nyu.edu>
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- Subject: Re: Info on being a Systems Programmer/Analyst?
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 09:09:03 -0500
- Organization: Bankers Trust Company
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- This space intentionally left blank wrote:
- >
- > And if you ever get stuck and can't see the problem no matter how many
- > dozens of hours you've looked for it, explain your frustrations to another
- > programmer, have them glance at your code, and 9 times out of 10 they will
- > see the problem within 30 seconds... :^)
- >
- > Don't feel too bad about this...you'll spot their "killer problem" in under
- > 30 seconds some day too...nobody knows why, but this does happen. A lot.
- >
-
- Whenever I have analyzed why someone else saw my problem immediately and I
- couldn't see it, it was always because I was thinking in a "groove" that was
- completely wrong. The other person had no previous ideas about the problem
- or the solution and so could see the problem immediately.
-
- As a result, when I am stuck on a problem longer than usual and I don't have
- any idea about what caused it (and no one is available) I stop and "brainstorm"
- about any possible thing that may have caused the problem (no matter how
- unlikely), list the possibilities on a piece of paper, prioritize them, figure
- out a way of proving whether each item on the list is really my problem and
- start working my way through it. Usually, I don't get too far before the
- answer becomes obvious.
-
- Shalom Reich
-