Eric Wilson

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bio	website	wilsonericn.wordpress.com
	location	Circleville, OH
	age	40
visits	member for	2 years, 9 months
	seen	May 13 at 12:50
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Software developer, most experienced in Java/Groovy web and enterprise programming, formerly a professor of mathematics.

I currently work at Manta.com, as a search engineer.

I'm a father of five children, and a husband of one wife.

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58	What popular “best practices” are not always best, and why?
50	What are the advantages of showing line numbers in a text editor?
46	Is developing games the best way to learn programming?
42	Is Haskell worth learning?
38	A programmer should concentrate on at least how many languages?

8,559 Reputation

+5	How is the JVM and Java's WORA different from other high level languages?
+10	Is developing games the best way to learn programming?
+10	How quickly should I adopt new technology, i.e. new .NET versions, new VS versions, etc.?
+5	Is there a viable alternative to the agile development methodology?

20 Questions

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290	Why don't all companies buy developers the best hardware?
64	Why was Python's popularity so sudden? [closed]
39	Why the current enthusiasm for Functional Programming? [closed]
37	Is there a viable alternative to the agile development methodology?
35	What programming jobs would be best for a mathematician? [closed]

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50 ide	22 teamwork × 2
46 object-oriented	20 computer-science × 2

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