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I think I hate that feeling because it usually comes up in the context of a bug. Something that's lived in the system for years. It's existed through a half doz
by JOnAgain 12y ago
I think I hate that feeling because it usually comes up in the context of a bug. Something that's lived in the system for years. It's existed through a half dozen code reviews when related code is refactored.
Then some college grad comes in and starts asking all these stupid questions like, "why does this function loop n^2 times and not just return the number 42 every time?" You answer, "Well you see this part here, Billy, this is the important part it ... it calculates ... give me 2 seconds ... ... ... ... fuck."
- adamtj 12y agoI love when that happens! That's because I hate being wrong. I really really really hate it. I hate being wrong so much that I'm extremely grateful when people point out my mistakes. Then I get to stop being wrong and start being right! The satisfaction I get from that more than makes up for any amount of embarrassment stemming from the revealing of my mistake. It's not that I hate _appearing_ to be wrong. A little embarrassment never killed anybody. Rather, _being_ wrong is awful, even if nobody knows it, even if I don't know it. I hate being wrong.