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Oh, wow. And 9 years old. Thanks for showing me this. People do just naturally put numbers in front of things, though, and I’m convinced it’s to solve the musc
by jen729w 6y ago
Oh, wow. And 9 years old. Thanks for showing me this.
People do just naturally put numbers in front of things, though, and I’m convinced it’s to solve the muscle-memory issue. Or it’s that I generally work with nerds and we find it easier to remember that our folder is 34 in the list of 67 rather than remembering that it’s ‘SQL designs’ or whatever.
I mean literally back at a major bank 15 years ago the root structure just had numbers in front of every folder. Long before I meddled with it.
- _pjoi 6y agoFWIW, I've seen a number of financial systems, and even though accounts in the hierarchy might have names, they often have a hierarchically-oriented number with them. e.g. Accounts Receivable #15000, A/R for Foo Corp #15001 and so on.
- p_l 6y agoSome accounting laws actually mandate a numbered system of accounts that is a bit like Johnny Decimal, just without subdividing for specific companies (though it's definitely possible in some approaches - it's just that you need to categorize according to official hierarchy as well)