[UPHPU] Coding chops?

[Velda]

cole at colejoplin.com wrote:
>> My opinion of that reference probably comes from the following idiom:
>>
>> * bust one's chops, Slang. to exert oneself.
>
> Clint -- You are a serious crack up. That's GOT to be true. While not 
> necessarily intended by the job poster, this may be a Freudian slip. I 
> wonder if the post included something else as colorful, such as "slave 
> wages."

Heheh, too funny.  My sleepy noggin missed that last night :-D
>
> "Programming chops" is pretty nebulous. Like it's a warning for 
> non-programmer's not to apply to a programmer's position. I've worked 
> with guys who were great programmers but coded themselves in to ugly 
> corners all day long, thinking they were building some programming 
> version of Mount Rushmore, to last the ages. And I've seen programmers 
> who swore they had chops and couldn't be trusted to test their code 
> before checking into the repository. With predictable disastrous 
> results, they got their programming chops busted. To say they exerted 
> themselves is an understatement.
>
>> Since I'd say my programming chops aren't worth much, if you happen to
>> run across a job that requires some mad CSS skills, do holler ;-)
>
> You got it right, Velda. I'll take "mad skills" over "busted chops" 
> any day! Nice attitude. Before you sell yourself too short, consider 
> that CSS skills cover some very core concepts of programming, like 
> inheritance, overwriting class properties, and separation of content 
> from display (just like MVC). You may not be as far away as you think 
> you are. ;)
>
> -- Cole
Thanks for the boost ;-)  I -get- the programming end of things, but 
it's just not my forte. I'll see if I can pick up the slack and get 
better :-)

-V