From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2002-08-13T23:21:52+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Programming practice question


--- Philip Mak <pmak@animeglobe.com> wrote:
> Suppose you're programming some system. You have to reach a
> milestone tomorrow.
> 
> Your code is kind of messy right now. You can reach the milestone
> on time if you write more messy code.
> 
> But you'd save time in the long run if you stepped back, reviewed
> your
> code, and reorganized it in a cleaner fashion first. But you don't
> have time to do that now, due to tomorrow's deadline.
> 
> What do you do?


(Writing this without looking at any previously offered answers...)

It depends on the metric.  What happens if I don't finish tomorrow? 
Do I get fired?  Does my company lose revenue?  Does a customer back
out?  Or maybe something less severe; I get a "ding" on my status
report, or my boss/manager gives me a scowl.

That sort of thing usually drives my decision in a situation like
this.



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