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- From: daveb@harlqn.co.uk (Dave Berry)
- Subject: Orcish respectability (was Re: What to do at a bar?)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.105826.26368@harlqn.co.uk>
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- Organization: Harlequin Ltd, Cambridge, UK
- References: <1993Jan12.184403.10274@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> <1993Jan18.140832.4034@harlqn.co.uk> <1993Jan18.185448.26143@vpnet.chi.il.us>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 10:58:26 GMT
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- orc@sybase.com (Orc) writes:
- > daveb@harlqn.co.uk (Dave Berry) lies outrageously:
-
- If something's worth doing, it's worth doing outrageously. :-)
-
- > Respectable. Professional. Software engineer.
- >
- > Okay, I can see the software engineer part. Professional, yes,
- >since software engineering usually also involves the icky parts, it
- >would make sense. Respectable. Umm. Orcish definition?
-
- Well, to answer that you have to tell me what the Orcish definition is.
- oes "Orcish" have a standard meaning that can be applied to any situation,
- or does it have a specific meaning in this instance?
-
- And the professional part isn't that icky, so far. I like to do a job well,
- I don't have to wear a suit, and they pay me lots of money (if not quite
- on the orc globe-trotting scale :-)). Of course, one day they'll make me a
- manager. I'll just have to employ lots of staid, respectable programmers
- and analysts to brighten the place up.
-
- > david parsons \bi/ Staid, respectable programmer/analyst.
- > \/
-
- Yes, that sounds about right :-)
-
- Dave.
-