It's all very clear to me now

[mithriltabby]

I now know why people write Windows viruses. I was briefly marveling at how often how-to guides by people studying ways to write viruses turn up on search results when I’m looking at driver-writing topics (e.g. Ring0 under WinNT/2k/XP and Rootkit) when I suddenly experienced a moment of clarity: these people are hurting, and they’re just responding to the horror of wrapping their brains around the internals of 32-bit Windows. Writing a fast-propagating worm that brings corporate networks to their knees is just a cry for help.

Comments

[random-girl.livejournal.com]

Great. My company is right up there with attempted suicide.

[mithriltabby]

That’s how it feels after spending a couple of months immersed in the world of Windows drivers. I don’t suppose you could accelerate your timetable for dominating the company and imposing high quality standards? :-)

[random-girl.livejournal.com]

Apparently they are going to force me to code first. Sadly, this could slow my timetable down.

[mithriltabby]

As always, feel free to ask me for advice on coding. You’ve got the native smarts and sense to be a good engineer, though the work may have all the delight of scrubbing floors for you. :-)