[aklug] Re: Suggestions

One of my job references early on in my "career" told a possible
employer I was "Lazy. But Larry Wall Lazy". No lie!

Luckily, the person calling my reference knew who Larry Wall was, and
"got it", and I also got the job.

Adam

Arthur Corliss wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, jim@macdonald.org wrote:
>
>
>> It's really funny to hear someone else say that... I have been saying it
>> fo=r years. and I always get the confused puppy look when I say it... like I
>> a= m commiting a cardinal sin by saying that good workers are by definition
>> la= zy...
>>
>
> :-) I spend a lot of time in Perl, so Larry Wall's quote is ever present:
>
> The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and
> Hubris.
>
>
>> The other reason I believe this is "more automation means less
>> human = error".
>>
>
> Also very true.
>
> --Arthur Corliss
> Live Free or Die
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