Pursuing Passion Quote of the Day
January 15, 2008
“If it is possible to make yourself into a great hacker. The way to do it may be to make the following deal with yourself: you never have to work on boring projects (unless your family will starve otherwise), and in return, you’ll never allow yourself to do a half-assed job (not done properly). All the great hackers I know seem to have made that deal, though perhaps none of them had any choice in the matter.” — Great Hackers by Paul Graham
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Native speakers, please explain me what does it mean “half-assed job” ?
That’s a great question!
When something is done “half-assed,” it is not done properly. You are not giving your whole effort to it.
I found an interesting (and possibly accurate) origin of the expression and put the link in the original posting.