[neduma]

It was published 1985. Wonder if anyone is not applicable now?

[shill]

"Allocate four digits for the year part of a date: a new millennium is coming."

Nobody starts projects using two digit years anymore, right? And most of the existing software that did was patched and or replaced for Y2K.

Also the part about a new millennium coming is temporarily not applicable.

[fizbin]

Heh. That's my dad's quote - I remember seeing that page tacked to his office cubicle wall back in the 90s when Unisys still employed programmers who had office cubicles.

[nitrogen]

I'm amazed that shortly after Y2K most everyone switched their paper forms and handwritten dates back to two-digit years. Humanity never learns.

[Maro]

Maybe this: "‪The job's not over until the paperwork's done."

I've worked a few jobs in the last 10 years (non-gov't), and I didn't experience paperwork around programming work.

[EliRivers]

The paperwork is the code review, the test results, the QA approval, the verification against requirements, the approval to merge, and so on.

The paperwork has moved into a digital format, but it's still there.

[buro9]

If you're a consultant there is still a degree of paperwork to do. Documenting the approach, the work itself, the handover, the install and troubleshooting.

If you're in big business or government then there is still paperwork. These are political organisations and even doing a good job isn't satisfactory, in many cases I'd argue that appearing to do a good job on paper is what your task really is and any delivery of a working piece of code is second to it.