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Subject:RE: "You are what you document" - blog post From:Andrew Warren <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com> To:David Farbey <dfarbey -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- uk>, techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:05:14 +0000
David Farbey wrote:
> I was once on a project where we tried to write the user guide
> before any code was written, so that the developers would know
> what they were aiming to create. It didn't end well.
Yeah. Every time I manage to drive to work without the engine exploding, a bridge collapsing beneath me, or an airplane dropping out of the sky onto me, I'm thankful that REAL engineers don't work like most PC/web software "engineers".
-Andrew
=== Andrew Warren - awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com
=== Synaptics, Inc - San Jose, CA
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