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How to be a famous programmer
It takes time, dedication, hard work and a lot of talent to
produce a superb piece of software. For this reason many people
decide that this is to much bother and go down the pub instead.
Another option is to claim that you are a really good programmer
and release some load of drivel. Since people are under the
impression that you are really good anything you release will
become a big hit. For an example of this see the work of ........
(insert the name of your least favourite programmer. Eddie wouldn't
let me put his name in ).
Below is a list of steps required to make people think you are
a good programmer.
1) Call yourself by a really stupid name. Preferably one that can
be shortened to three Initial of which the first Letter is T and
the last is B. e.g. THB, TLB, TCB, TWB etc.
The stupid name will not by itself make you famous but it will
automatically classify you in the group known as 'Programmers'.
2) Produce something really crap and then pretend it was something
you wrote in your early days. The actual date should never be
specified but it should be sometime before the ST was actually
released.
3) Steal everybody else's ideas and claim you thought of them first.
It is always a good ploy to steal things from other computers,
that way very few ST owners will have seen them before.
WARNING: do not under any circumstances steal ideas from:
a) the ZX81, if you want to have any credibility at all
or
b) the Apple mac, unless you want to be taken to court.
4) Do not write anything in ST Basic.
5) Never admit to writing in anything other than 68000. No
programmers write Wholly in 68000 but they all claim that they do
and you should do the same even if you don't even know how to load
Devpac. (writing in C is considered acceptable in some areas but
be wary.)
6) If you ever have to admit to writing in some other language
always, and immediately, talk about the new 50 layer parallax
scrolling, super fast, 4096 colour, game, demo or word processor
you happen to be writing in 68000, and don't forget to mention the
soundtracker music. (phew that was a long sentence).It doesn't
matter what you claim as it is a well known fact that no program
'in the pipeline' is ever released in any form even vaguely
familiar to that which is claimed.
7) Slag off all other programming groups at one point during the
program but don't forget to say hello to them in some other part.
8) Always include a horrible sound chip tune, a crap scrolling
message and some vector balls if you want to be taken seriously.
It doesn't matter if you do happen to be writing a spreadsheet.
If you follow these tips then, while I cannot guarantee you will
become famous (despite what the title says, Another tip, always
make claims you can't live up to.) you will become at least as
well known as other programmers such as the Red Duke.