The Plague of the Old Program

I'm currently debugging a Flex program I wrote 18 months ago. My very first "big" Flex app. All the variables and functions are public. Data is passed around by tightly coupled components. The database is requeried CONSTANTLY. I went into this thing to make a text change a few weeks ago. While in there, I wanted to make some little efficiency upgrades and ended up rewriting half the thing. Going back to your own old code is actually more frustrating than picking up someone else's. It's fun to see how I've progressed as a Flex programmer in the last year and a half. But also very frustrating to weed through all the junky code I put in because I just didn't know better then.

Coining terms: Decision Radius

Term coining!

Decision radius: The scope of individuals capable of making a decision. Example: I'm outside the decision radius about where we'll be raiding tonight.

Adobeverse: A group of high-image individuals known for their knowledge in Adobe-related technologies. Such as Ben Forta, Ray Camden, and Ben Nadel are in the ColdFusion wing of the Adobeverse. Unfortunely, this term was used at least a year ago, so while I thought of it on my own, someone else thought of it on their own first.

iTard: One who has displayed inability to navigate Apple's simple interfaces.

I work for {directorFName} in {deptName} at {compName}

My company's going through "performance transformation" which is a fancy, summed up way to say "move people around, fire a few, and centralize all the decentralization (and vice versa) we did seven months ago". I'm not worried for the future of my position here but it's so annoying, having a new management cast every few months. Just as I start learning the names of all the people so far above me that they don't even matter, they all change. I was just asked (by a smoking hot babe) "Who is your director? What department are you in now?" and I honestly blanked and couldn't answer either question. From now on, I'll write down this sort of worthless information. No sense in devoting brain tissue to remembering what my group is calling themselves this week.

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