https://miroadamy.com/tags/quality/ Recent content in Quality on Miro's World Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 Miro Adamy Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:57:37 -0500 https://miroadamy.com/posts/2007-02-21-hiring-a-programmer-or-degrees-of-done/ Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:57:37 -0500 https://miroadamy.com/posts/2007-02-21-hiring-a-programmer-or-degrees-of-done/ <p>Back in old country, I once had a programmer working for me who made himself famous with the following quote:</p> <blockquote><p>"I have fixed that bug, do you want me to compile it too ?".</p></blockquote> <p>In his mind, he was done as soon as he identified the bug and put the fix in the code. All the rest was trivial and unimportant routine.</p> <p>During last 20 years I have worked with many very different developers and learned the hard way, how very many different meanings the word "<em>done</em>" can have. For some, <em>done </em>means that coding just finished and he/she successfully compiled the projects and stepped through some of the code paths with debugger with negligible occurrences of major crash. Whether the code is in CVS, commented - who cares ?</p>