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« on: April 20, 2011, 01:50:41 am »
Yeah so basically the idea is to post the requirements for working at TI on either the nspire or the 83+ series.

1. Optimizations are key. When adding 9 or 15 use bcall_HLplus9 or bcall_HLplus15 instead of their unoptimized add counterparts.
2. You must know less than 10 asm instructions. If you know more than that then you might try to optimize the code :P
3. f**k user friendliness. We're here to prevent those d**n programmers from playing their games.
4. The teacher is your boss.
5. A certificate of high school dropout is necessary to become one of our coders.
6. When quoting our inspiration for the CX's color screen say, "There was none, we were the original creators" then hide the Prizm you were playing minesweeper on :P
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 02:09:20 am »
7: Lock, lock and lock.  The more it's locked down the better.
8: Also keep an eye on those forums, we might learn something from them that we didn't know ourselves
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 02:45:59 am »
09. If you can make it look prettier, go for it. Don't even stop to think about whether or not it will slow down, hose up, or crash the calculator.
10. Nobody needs use of the full amount of RAM or the the whole processor. It's a calculator. It does calculations. That's it. Keep that stuff under lock and key.
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 03:36:32 am »
11: Thou shalt never think about what the users think. Always remember that programmers have no ability to do any damage to anyone, but teachers might eventually figure out that "programs" includes games. What? That key can have less values than the universe? Lock it down,
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2011, 05:38:37 pm »
12: You must submit a copy of your latest programs, and they must contain at least 3 bugs.
13: You must do your income taxes on one of the "approved" calculators.
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2011, 05:45:11 pm »
14. Tokens that take up space and do nothing?  The more space wasted the merrier.
15.  Remember, no Optimizations, keep unused code.  The bigger the better, right?

btw, awesome topic.  :P
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 06:01:42 pm »
16. Discontinue the best and most advanced Z80 calculators you ever made. (TI-86's)
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2011, 06:03:27 pm »
17. If you have spare time make impossible tasks for those programmers harder

I love this thread it is so true
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2011, 06:07:58 pm »
18: When you use brand new hardware that is far above what we've used before in a new calc, make sure it runs incredibly slowly, so people will still buy the old calcs.
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2011, 07:41:41 pm »
19: If you receive a bug report, be sure to add two more bugs fixing that one.
20: When setting flags, always be sure to set the bit to the left of the flag you want. There's nothing like genetic algorithms to improve the quality of your code.
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2011, 08:21:13 pm »
21: All employees must code drunk.
22: If you are not old enough to be drunk, you must be tripping whilst coding.
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Re: TI employees
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« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2011, 09:52:13 pm »
23: code the built in interpreted language to be as hard as possible to store data and handle graphics.
24: be sure to add in that 2048 bit RSA key in that 100 byte document!
25: don't worry about how much space the OS takes up, as long as you leave enough space for a spreadsheet file to be stored.
26: pick the worst screen possible!  Blur is our friend!
27: make the calculator look really sleek on the outside to hide the 2.4 KB RAM chip and the half-working software.
28: look out for the tides of march, when all those pesky programmers seem to crack everything all at once!
29: only allow the uninformed janitor answer TI-CARES messages.
30: if a teacher says to make a calculator, make it.  If the teacher tells you to make it really expensive with a color screen but only allow basic arithmetic and SIN, COS, and TAN functions on it, make it.  If they tell you to chop your balls off and eat them, look for a really sharp pair of scissors and forks.
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Re: TI employees
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2011, 09:56:32 pm »
31: And if they say sanity is lava, say "How hot?"
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« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2011, 03:01:41 am »
32: Users can't keep up with programs that are too fast. Insert artificial slowdown so that everyone will be able to enjoy the product.
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