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A long time ago my son did a similar thing. He didn't get into trouble because he told me first. We had a long adult talk about professionalism in programming.
by russell 18y ago
A long time ago my son did a similar thing. He didn't get into trouble because he told me first. We had a long adult talk about professionalism in programming. Essentially, professionals dont crack, but also about writing good code, testing, comments and such, so that it didn't come across as an adult smacking a kid. It worked, because he started taking a more mature approach to what he was doing.
- jacquesm 18y agoit's a pity there is only one 'up' arrow here :)
- swombat 18y agoTo be fair, there are many professions in IT. Programming is just one of them. Computer security and system administration are two other very different ones. They don't necessary involve much "good code, testing, comments and such". On the contrary, they can involve in-depth, hands-on knowledge and experience of the kind of tools that other people will use, to be able to protect systems from them.
- russell 18y agoAgreed, but he was in 7th grade, 13 years old, so professionalism in that context was about programming.