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Is it OK to have a team with same abilities but different skill levels?
I believe that in an ideal team, members should have different but complementary abilities. But is that true about software development teams?
As an example we are a small team of 5. We almost have ...
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Productivity enhancing development strategies for small teams
I think one of the best ways to learn and become a better programmer is to share knowledge gained from working on personal or work projects with others. One way to do this at the workplace is to set ...
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How can I demonstrate my productivity to management? [closed]
My university has a module for software development with a real client. Some of my team members work in the computer lab all the time, which is an extremely noisy environment with lots of ...
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Under which circumstances will development advance faster with many contributors compared to few?
I saw an interview with Joel Spolsky, where he says that Fog Creek Software intentionally keep their teams small (I believe as in four-five guys). The reason for this is to avoid a lot of the ...
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How to avoid “DO YOU HAZ TEH CODEZ” situations?
I have a strange situation at work, where a colleague of mine often asks me and other co-workers for working code.
I would like to help him, but this constant request of trivial snippets interrupts ...
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Why can't we get anything done?
I work on a small team, in a medium-sized company, most of which isn't involved in software development. I'm the newest and least-experienced developer and had no professional or academic background ...
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5answers
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Generate a productive environment when developers have different opinions
My question is simple. I'm a developer and work with another developer who's been here for many more years than I have. He has his opinion about implementing stuff; he's more of a do it yourself kind ...
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5answers
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improving IM communication skills
I am an email person, but found that at my new job, co-workers use IM a lot. I have to admit that I have been largely ignoring the IM/SMS as a way of communication by thinking it is only for ...
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Helpful articles on the subject of managing programmers? [closed]
What are the most helpful articles on the subject of managing programmers? I came across this one recently, and thought it was excellent -
The unspoken truth about managing geeks
What else is out ...
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If most of team can't follow the architecture, what do you do?
I'm working on a greenfields project with two other developers. We're all contractors, and myself and one other just started working on the project while the orginal one has been doing most of the ...
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5answers
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Office arangement - comfort vs. teamwork?
Our team works in an open-space office. Luckily the cubicles are quite big (L shaped tables for everyone!), there is quite a lot of space so we are not sandwiched. Without going into further detail, ...
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Is Emailing waste of time in Dev Teams
I know its not strictly related to what people ask here but I have to ask this anyway.
Isn't having long conversations/discussions over emails reduce one's productivity. I have joined this new ...
