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job security
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. When some piece of code is written in a particularly obscure fashion, and
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no good reason (such as time or space optimization) can be discovered, it is
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often said that the programmer was attempting to increase his job security
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(i.e., by making himself indispensable for maintenance). This sour joke
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seldom has to be said in full; if two hackers are looking over some code
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together and one points at a section and says job security , the other one
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may just nod.
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