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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>job security</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="jiffy.html" title="jiffy"/><link rel="next" href="jock.html" title="jock"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">job security</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="jiffy.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="jock.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="job-security"/><dt xmlns="" id="job-security"><b>job security</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> When some piece of code is written in a particularly
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<a href="../O/obscure.html"><i class="glossterm">obscure</i></a> fashion, and no good reason (such as time or
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space optimization) can be discovered, it is often said that the programmer
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was attempting to increase his job security (i.e., by making himself
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indispensable for maintenance). This sour joke seldom has to be said in
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full; if two hackers are looking over some code together and one points at
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a section and says “<span class="quote">job security</span>”, the other one may just
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nod.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="jiffy.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="jock.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">jiffy<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>jock</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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