Jaco Pretorius

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bio	website	jacopretorius.net
	location	New York, United States
	age	29
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I'm a Software Developer and Consultant. I work for ThoughtWorks. I'm originally from South Africa, but I currently live in New York.

	3,294 reputation	bio	website	jacopretorius.net	visits	member for	2 years, 8 months
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Sep 29	comment	What hat should a programmer not wear? THIS. Seriously, just because I work ON computers doesn't mean I can fix infrastructure. You're just wasting your developers' time.
Sep 29	answered	What traits do the best managers you've worked for have in common?
Sep 29	comment	When deciding on whether or not to work for a new company, what are your dealbreakers? Would this still apply to a startup? Many startups work crazy hours and they would probably tell you up-front that you may need to work 60 hours a week from time to time...
Sep 29	awarded	Mortarboard
Sep 29	awarded	Popular Question
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Sep 29	comment	Why no client-side HTML include tag? The <iframe> element basically says "load the specified html document and stick it here". You would choose it instead of ajax if you want the document to be loaded immediately, not on a javascript call... Frames are NOT windowing layout of HTML. Div, p, br - these are all elements used for layout. You don't use frames for layout (or you shouldn't anyways).
Sep 28	awarded	Nice Question
Sep 28	answered	Should I accept a job if pair programming is required?
Sep 28	comment	When deciding on whether or not to work for a new company, what are your dealbreakers? Heh, so have you tried Windows 7? :-)
Sep 28	comment	When deciding on whether or not to work for a new company, what are your dealbreakers? @Josh: It's obviously a virus!
Sep 28	revised	When deciding on whether or not to work for a new company, what are your dealbreakers? added 102 characters in body
Sep 28	asked	When deciding on whether or not to work for a new company, what are your dealbreakers?
Sep 28	revised	Is it OK to have multiple asserts in a single unit test? added 132 characters in body
Sep 28	answered	Is it OK to have multiple asserts in a single unit test?
Sep 28	comment	What would be a few ideas/concepts from programming that I can have on paper and hang on a wall as art? Uhm yeah that's why I only put XKCD and The Oatmeal - they both have posters which you can buy!
Sep 28	revised	What would be a few ideas/concepts from programming that I can have on paper and hang on a wall as art? added 209 characters in body
Sep 28	answered	What would be a few ideas/concepts from programming that I can have on paper and hang on a wall as art?
Sep 28	comment	What is your typical source control commit comment? So let's say you make a change... You maybe touch 5 files... Write 100 or 150 lines of code... Check it in - and now you say what you did in a 1-line comment? Obviously it helps to just ask the developer when it makes sense. We're a team - it helps to act like it.