whats with this love of kaffiene?

[Tim]

Gene:
>> But I have to ask again, where in tuncket are the docs on this stuff?


Ed Greshko:
> Dare I say this is "normal"?  Speaking in generalities, developers don't
> enjoy doing documentation.  Also, generally speaking, developers make poor
> documenters.
> 
> I worked for a company that transitioned from a hardware company to more of
> an integration and software company.  The demographics of the company
> remained largely the same.  i.e. Mostly engineers and techies.  The result,
> good software, horrendous documentation.  And, these folks were paid.

Sounds like they need to, also, employ someone who used to be a teacher.
Someone who's used to the idea of having to train, as the main thing
that they do.

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