links for 2007-08-25

• Holding a Program in One’s Head
  Good programmers manage to get a lot done anyway. But often it requires practically an act of rebellion against the organizations that employ them. Perhaps it will help to understand that the way programmers behave is driven by the demands of the work the
  (tags: 2007 article articles blog business code computer computing development design software paulgraham productivity programming)
• Obscure Company Is Behind 9/11 Demolition Work – New York Times
  The John Galt Corporation of the Bronx, hired last year for the dangerous and complex job of demolishing the former Deutsche Bank building at 130 Liberty Street, where two firefighters died last Saturday, has apparently never done any work like it. Indeed
  (tags: fraud 9/11 john+galt construction NYC)

~ by SAP on 25 August 2007.