[UPHPU] Coding chops?

[cole at colejoplin.com]

> 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."

"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