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Feb 6 |
answered | How can I deal with a team member who dislikes making comments in code? |
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Nov 20 |
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Is there an excuse for short variable names? In medical programming you'll often find terms that persist into the programming sphere. For example with ophthalmology you'll see OU, OD, and OS. These denote which eye, for example ouSphere may reference the 'sphere' component of a eyeglass prescription for the right eye. You'll be a better programmer if you understand the business domain you are programming for. |
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Nov 6 |
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Forbidding or controlling “Hidden IT…” Who should write and maintain ad-hoc software applications? As a person that works as a "black ops" programmer I can tell you that often IT doesn't have the skill set to understand the needs for a particular technical department. Some of our most critical and innovative programs started out as "black ops" programs. IT is not a place where innovation is rewarded, innovation and experimentation often means a lot of failed projects for each successful one. Once a "black ops" program is well adopted, it is generally passed over to IT to maintain. |
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Sep 13 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Mar 2 |
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Software engineer, already in late thirties, would I have trouble finding a new position? Got a programming job at a multinational corporation at 48. There are a number of older workers here (networking industry). The resume got past HR without a problem. In fact I didn't even get to pull in the driveway after driving home from the first interview before I was offered the job. There are still plenty of opportunities for older workers. |
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Jan 24 |
awarded | Good Answer |
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Jan 23 |
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What's the benefit of avoiding the use of a debugger? +1 I find "programming by guessing" to be a loaded phrase. There is no substitute for thinking. What the OP does not explain is how effective the "guessing" is. My doubt is that it's purely guessing (i.e. spaghetti on the wall approach), but rather using deductive reasoning. Debuggers have their place, but they are not a panacea for deductive reasoning and simply understanding the code. |
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Jan 5 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 5 |
answered | When should I stop programming / coding? |
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Dec 13 |
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As a young developer, should I be worried about having to use “out-of-style” tech at work? @ROMANARMY from OP: " I rarely see Perl jobs, and when I do, it's usually doing something I'm not interested in (front-end web development stuff). Systems programming, visualisation, network programming, or at least backend web development stuff are the sort of topics that I'd actually enjoy working in " hmm... not what I read... and there are jobs in those areas.. e.g. networking industry, as stated. I work for a tier 1 Internet company, perl is used extensively for back end work. |
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Dec 13 |
answered | As a young developer, should I be worried about having to use “out-of-style” tech at work? |
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Nov 2 |
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What's the best way to implement a browser-based SOAP client? @anergy To be fair, SoapUI while not an integrated client persay, it's easy enough to generate quite usable java code with it. Just click tools and generate your client code of choice. I use it to generate JAX-WS artifacts quite effectively with limited additional coding needed. |
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Sep 14 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 4 |
awarded | Pundit |
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Jun 17 |
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How do I handle this job situation? Take what recruiters say with a grain of salt. A recruiters true interest is themselves and the commission they make, not your interest. You offer less money, the recruiter will view that as a threat to his commission, plus you should never offer less money anyway. Direct conversation with the manager will raise red flags with the recruiter, and he will work against you. |
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May 3 |
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My Programming Challenges To the "draw pictures" comment, sometimes when I'm really blocked I find mind-mapping programs useful. There is a good list of them here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… |
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Apr 8 |
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Do programmers think differently from non-programmers? +1000 if I could for "So, a little humility people." |
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Apr 6 |
awarded | Editor |
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Apr 6 |
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How many programming languages do you work with on a daily basis and how do you effectively manage language specific tasks added 520 characters in body |
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Apr 6 |
answered | How many programming languages do you work with on a daily basis and how do you effectively manage language specific tasks |
