job security
<jargon> When some piece of code is written in a particularly obscure
fashion, and no good reason (such as time or space optimisation) can be
discovered, it is often said that the programmer was attempting to increase his
job security (i.e. by making himself indispensable for maintenance). This sour
joke seldom has to be said in full; if two hackers are looking over some code
together and one points at a section and says "job security", the other one may
just nod.
[Jargon File]
(1996-09-17)
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