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| visits | member for | 1 year, 9 months |
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Apr 19 |
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How can I determine how to charge for supporting SharePoint sites and SharePoint development? Steve Evers- I have edited this to reflect what I meant. I in NO way meant to suggest extortion. I'm sorry I was not clear. |
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Jan 18 |
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Would a programming certificate teach me anything? I'd say it would teach you things, but not necessarily the things you think it would teach you. |
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Oct 8 |
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Is it bad practice to use the same name for arguments and members? +10 for the "don't fight the small stuff" and "don't start programming religion wars" |
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Sep 19 |
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How can I really master a programming language? +5 for Support the code you write - every bug becomes a tour of your worst decisions! |
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Sep 6 |
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Getting out of my head +10 for the honesty of the "idiot" comment. :) |
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Jul 19 |
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How to motivate co-workers to write unit-tests? The fact that you can prove your changes didn't break something else is a BIG power in my view. The immediate response of working software is useful, too. Unfortunately, some folks will never want to attempt the startup learning. Ironically, that limited startup for immediate gratification is too much in our immediate gratification culture.... |
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Jun 22 |
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Are my negative internship experiences representative of the real world? And code that works, no matter how ugly, will stay in production MUCH longer than the original coders ever believed. |
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Jun 20 |
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Being stupid to get better productivity? Wayne M, I can empathize with your work situations. Stay with the Force. :) |
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Jun 20 |
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Should a software developer get a yearly equipment budget? +10 for a clear, well defined answer, with a lovely stealable plan for justification. Well reasoned, esp. with the Admit Defeat portion. |
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Jun 20 |
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Backbone.js, Rails and code duplication Your answer would be more helpful if you provided more about how this relates to the three bolded questions. I'm guessing you are listing concerns, but this might not immediately be clear if the original poster isn't a native English speaker. |
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Jun 15 |
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Exit interview - what is and isn't OK +1 for the bottle of water to give yourself time to think before you speak! :) |
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Jun 15 |
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How to talk to management about using integrated project management/bug tracking +5 for this answer. Brief, to the point, and in words that managers will understand. |
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Jun 15 |
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CodePlex and Google Code Concerns +1 for last line. :) |
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Jun 15 |
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I'm doing 90% maintenance and 10% development, is this normal? +10 for the face to face communication. Many people will just send an email without thinking too much about their request. When you are face to face with them, they realize you are 1) taking them seriously, so they are more likely to take you seriously, 2) trying to determine what you want and why, and 3) probably going to explain why or why not this is a good idea. 4) a short in-person conversation can accomplish WAY more than a gaggle of emails. |
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Apr 3 |
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Must developers understand the business domain or should the specification be sufficient? A technical writer has this same situation. |
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Feb 3 |
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Determining the right amount of documentation We use XWiki, specifically for its ability to generate documents in PDF, RTF and HTML. Wicked good. |
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Sep 20 |
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How do I convince my fellow devs to WANT to add comments to source code commits? + 365,000 for this. I don't understand why writing a sentence is so "difficult and time consuming" when doing a diff takes LONGER. |
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Sep 8 |
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Best practice for shared files within multiple unit test fixtures What's most important here? Reuse of files and paths across tests, or just organizing them so they make sense? |
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Sep 8 |
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Difference between Idiom and Design Pattern? @Nawaz- +1 for humor. |
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Aug 31 |
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“It was working yesterday, I swear!” What can you do? This is a very humble and self-deprecating answer that many of us should adopt. :) I usually chalk these kinds of situations up to "Hey Moe, Hey Larry, I was trying to think and nothing was happening!" at the end of the day. I also use the method of "It works! Quick, check it in and go home before you have the urge to improve it" at the end of the day, to avoid these situations. |
