>>In time I (hope I) have developed an attitude of being more careful. I still regularly overtly condemn so-called colleagues, but not before doublechecking my analysis.
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>A politcally correct way of operating without cursing would take some of the fun out of it...

Yes, as long as you're not always the one who's on the receiving side. :)

>>On the other hand, the guy with the lowest level of competence should not always be the reference point. We might also come to the conclusion that this guy needs some additional learning time, or even deserves to be fired.
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>I tried the second mode, didn't work - that guy cost in later times more than twice his yearly pay in fixing his errors. Sometimes everybody else is on holiday or not too eager to doublecheck other peoples work, and even a good test team cannot find everything...

Hope he didn't earn very much. :)
Checking each other's code is a good practice, but it only works if it's imposed by management and those involved are strong enough to accept criticism. Note: Look at my subtitling.


>my 0.02 EUR
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>>Wonder whether the Americans understand why it's 2 cents, instead of 1. :)
>Wonder what most would think if I employed the german screwy "set point" and wrote "0,02 EUR" ;-)
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>thomas