http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/584.html Data is ones and zeroes | Software is ones and zeroes and hard work. Thu, 24 May 2012 15:30:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/584.html#comment-534 Olivier Yiptong’s blog » Blog Archive » Hopes and fears, verdict after a week Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:00:52 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/584.html#comment-534 [...] As a response to the question of losing the good software engineering practices, to echo what my illustrious Prof. Greg mentioned, in the University we learn how to do things “the correct way”, and in the industry we do “what just works”… to a certain extent. What I get the feeling after a week is that we are to are to do “what just works” as correctly as possible, i.e. under budget constraints, customer requirements and change thereof and timing. A different approach on things, but interesting nonetheless and not to mention CHALLENGING! Tucows is a company full of amazing and interesting people and I am confident I WILL grow there (Tucows is not paying me to write this mind you). [...] [...] As a response to the question of losing the good software engineering practices, to echo what my illustrious Prof. Greg mentioned, in the University we learn how to do things “the correct way”, and in the industry we do “what just works”… to a certain extent. What I get the feeling after a week is that we are to are to do “what just works” as correctly as possible, i.e. under budget constraints, customer requirements and change thereof and timing. A different approach on things, but interesting nonetheless and not to mention CHALLENGING! Tucows is a company full of amazing and interesting people and I am confident I WILL grow there (Tucows is not paying me to write this mind you). [...]

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