[coldtea]

Yeah, only he's a developer. A dog is a useless nuisance in an office.

[dash2]

Hmm.

  developer  dog
  ---------  ---
      x       x   hairy
      x       x   over-affectionate
      x       x   personal hygiene issues
              x   spends time burying bones
      x           spends time buried in code
              x   chasing tail
      x           debugging
      x           can write C++
      x       x   sometimes tries to lick own balls when nobody is looking
              x   succeeds

I think I'll take the dog.

[bvanslyke]

Come on, no need to compare programmer hygiene to that of dogs... you'll upset some dogs :-P

[coldtea]

Err, in their developer office the desired attributes are "can write C++", "debugging" and "spends time burried in code"...

So back-licking is not that big of an asset.

That said, I've heard that ass-kissing can get you places in some IT companies though...

[RyJones]

Amazon's offices were shockingly bad for this.