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> Sounds like the Master Programmer has never worked at a company that crunched you for 80 hour weeks, for weeks.

Nor has the master programmer worked for a company populated by utter morons who leave a large minefield in every task where all one-day estimates turn into one week ones the moment you start sharpening your tools...

(that's reality in corporate land)

Too bad I'm sitting here reading HN and playing my piano for a bit between emails...