in reply to Re: Problem Domains and Multiple Disciplines
in thread Problem Domains and Multiple Disciplines
Hmmmm...
I like what you say in general, but I have to complain about your treatment of women in your anecdote. I'm not sure if you realize the condescending treatment of "George's girlfriend".
- She is only known by her relationship to George. She could have been referred to as a team member with a name, say Anna. You might as well have called her "the missus", or "the little lady."
- She "knew enough" to code and debug the programs. Like once you have written the algorithm the code practically writes itself. Only if you are a brilliant programmer, perhaps. There are lots of issues after the design stage - what language to implement the algorithm it, getting it to actually work, etc.
- Why did you have to explain her credentials at all? You didn't mention that George was a senior Math major and that is why he was a brilliant algorithmist.
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Re^2: Problem Domains and Multiple Disciplines
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Aug 31, 2004 at 18:56 UTC | |
Re^2: Problem Domains and Multiple Disciplines
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 31, 2004 at 19:22 UTC |
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