Is your boss evil?

[timwilky]

Grumpy Tim time:-



Mine must be.


I have been cutting code for over 30 years.

Firstly at the tender age of 18 I was introduced APL and writing out coding sheets for data input to type up, print out, I would correct and then get them to try and compile, correct, debug, and finally run.

Since then I learned Basic/Fortran/Pascal Z80, 6502, 6509, 68000, VAX assembly languages -> C -> Java and finally C#

Additionally I leaned javascript, PHP. and stuff like Oracle development tools ie forms from 2.5,3,4.5, 6 etc.


Sorry to be geeky, but as the one of the few genuine programmers my company still employs. I get to do all sorts of "interesting" read difficult projects. To mess up my quite life, somebody decides to commission an app without reference to the IT dept. Wrote in house by a bodging amateur. Suddenly the corporate people like the app but need the scope extending to fit a global rather than national requirement. Guess who has to pick up the bodged code as the student who hacked it has left. Yup, yours truly.

Totally undocumented, unstructured. unsupportable and if that was not bad enough. in bloody ASP. So just been out and bought a book. God this is so primitive and poorly written. (Application variables stored in cookies instead of sessions etc.)

I don't know whether to start from scratch using the existing app as a functional prototype. or try to fix it working with what I have.

Yup my boss is evil. He leaves me alone to get on with things. But occasionally uses tricks like this to wind me up.

[hovis]

no

[diamond]

My boss is a she and is definatly evil. But fortunatly she is on holiday this week and so we have a bit of peace.

[Tara]

My boss is pretty good needs to giv eme more to do and has his moments like most people but generally he's OK

[stewie]

My boss is so spineless its a wonder he can stand up.

[SoulKiss]

Grumpy Tim time:-



Mine must be.


I have been cutting code for over 30 years.

Firstly at the tender age of 18 I was introduced APL and writing out coding sheets for data input to type up, print out, I would correct and then get them to try and compile, correct, debug, and finally run.

Since then I learned Basic/Fortran/Pascal Z80, 6502, 6509, 68000, VAX assembly languages -> C -> Java and finally C#

Additionally I leaned javascript, PHP. and stuff like Oracle development tools ie forms from 2.5,3,4.5, 6 etc.


Sorry to be geeky, but as the one of the few genuine programmers my company still employs. I get to do all sorts of "interesting" read difficult projects. To mess up my quite life, somebody decides to commission an app without reference to the IT dept. Wrote in house by a bodging amateur. Suddenly the corporate people like the app but need the scope extending to fit a global rather than national requirement. Guess who has to pick up the bodged code as the student who hacked it has left. Yup, yours truly.

Totally undocumented, unstructured. unsupportable and if that was not bad enough. in bloody ASP. So just been out and bought a book. God this is so primitive and poorly written. (Application variables stored in cookies instead of sessions etc.)

I don't know whether to start from scratch using the existing app as a functional prototype. or try to fix it working with what I have.

Yup my boss is evil. He leaves me alone to get on with things. But occasionally uses tricks like this to wind me up.

Start from scratch and use the existing (cr)app purely as a feature list.

[lily]

My boss comes across as in power and everything.... but he is actually a nice guy and s1ags the company off as much as we do for all the policies and lack of support they give staff. :thumbsup:

If i've got a problem i can go to him, however don't see him that much tho as he sits he his office about 50 yards (if that) from my department's pod, and sends us emails, or calls us on the internal phone system with work he needs doing. Only see him when i need him for stuff. :rolleyes:

[tigersaw]

No idea who my boss is.

[SoulKiss]

Oh and mine isnt evil - isnt bright enough for that :)

[Samnooshka]

I am my own boss!! and i am lovely!!! even give myself time off some afternoons for a nap LOL!!!

[Bluepete]

My boss is dead and has been deified by the press ever since.

[Lissa]

My boss is absolutely terrified of me:D

[Razor]

My boss is an incompetent muppet, just the way i like them.

[fizzwheel]

Mine is a good guy. He asks me to do something and then pretty much leaves me alone to get on with it.

One of the project managers I am resourced out to, can sometimes be a complete pratt and he has the people management skills of an amoeba.

Just dont ask me about my colleague though, you'll regret it :D

[timwilky]

One of the project managers I am resourced out to, can sometimes be a complete pratt and he has the people management skills of an amoeba.



I didn't know you worked for me

[ThEGr33k]

Gordon Brown unofficially... Queen officially. Gordan Brown Evil? Either that or stupid imo. :rolleyes:

[sv-robo]

My boss is quite a sound guy,has his miserable moments but i could & have had a lot worse:D

[glsuk1970]

My boss is 1,000 miles away in Germany and apart from a monotonous 1 hour video-conference each week, he leaves me to get on with my job.

[DoubleD]

My boss changes like the weather, sometimes he is all "go home early and don't tell anyone" then the next day he is like "I hope your going to make the time up from going home early yesterday" really gets to you after a while

[Girth]

Evil? No.

Tight? YES!!!!

[Moffatt666]

My boss is an imbecile, lacks spine, emails stuff without understanding or proof-reading the contents, lacks the intellectual ability to construct a proper sentence and takes pride in being an ********. Also, he will issue reprimands for HIS mistakes and anally enforces rules no other manager in the country cares about :/

I have no time for him.

[El Saxo]

Mine's just been made redundant, and I hardly ever see his boss (who I now report directly to), so I'm pretty much left to get on with what I'm doing. The supervisors try to interfere every now and then but I just ignore them! :lol: