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Your comment seems to go against what other people have said is wrong with Ph.Ds. Other people are saying that researchers tend to write code that just works at
by randartie 13y ago
Your comment seems to go against what other people have said is wrong with Ph.Ds. Other people are saying that researchers tend to write code that just works at a bare minimum, but you're stating that they tend to like to rewrite code so that it becomes better code. I think this whole thread might be giving ph.ds a bad rap. disclaimer, i'm not a ph.d.
- tsotha 13y ago> Other people are saying that researchers tend to write code that just works at a bare minimum... That isn't specific to people with PhDs. Every programmer without job experience does that. Back when I worked on a Unix/C application for a company that hired new grads it was common to have code checked in without any error checking at all. If the person is reasonably intelligent (and everyone who finishes a PhD is pretty intelligent) it takes all of about two weeks to break them of the homework coding style.