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	4,804 reputation	bio	website	jfrankcarr.com	visits	member for	1 year, 9 months
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Jan 13	answered	How can I gauge a candidate's ability to learn in an interview?
Jan 12	comment	What is this development methodology called? Job security by obfuscation.
Jan 10	answered	What type of interview questions should you ask for “legacy” programmers?
Jan 10	comment	How to keep a big and complex software product maintainable over the years? Now, what would you do if you had to maintain and enhance a nightmarish 12 year old VB6 app with 100's of forms and classes while working on a C# re-write in the 'spare time'?
Jan 10	answered	How to keep a big and complex software product maintainable over the years?
Jan 10	awarded	Fanatic
Jan 9	comment	What are some techniques to teach programmers design patterns? Mmmm... cold delivery pizza. This is a great technique when the team and management buy into it.
Jan 9	comment	Make or Buy: Web Based Accounting App Advice needed… In addition, I recommend calling it "Cloud Accounting" to make seem like something new.
Jan 9	comment	Make or Buy: Web Based Accounting App Advice needed… @maple_shaft - They did say "small business" so the nightmare that is SOX compliance wouldn't apply in most cases.
Jan 7	answered	Are Business Majors considered for Programming Jobs?
Jan 6	answered	n-layers architecture design, really worth the effort?
Jan 5	comment	How do I deal with a dead-end job? @MikeNakis - Now that's an insult to people who do VB.NET. :)
Jan 4	comment	Years experience over unfinished degree? @BWoods - The problem is that the loan amount required for a good 4 year degree now is likely to result in one being broke with significant debt. Run the numbers on how long it would take a person making $65K a year to payoff a $50-75k loan. Then add things like credit card debt, auto loans, home mortgage, kids, etc. to it. It's really shocking.
Jan 4	awarded	Nice Answer
Jan 4	comment	Years experience over unfinished degree? @Ramhound - Remember that's 50K or more upfront plus interest on non-dischargable loans, making the final total a lot more. This price goes up every year as does the amount of debt incurred. US student loan debt will hit $1 trillion this year. Like the mortgage crisis, it's not sustainable.
Jan 4	answered	Years experience over unfinished degree?
Jan 3	comment	What does a code review look like? In addition to poor quality reviews, they can also result in adversarial confrontations and/or blame games, especially in work environments that have already become toxic due to backstabbing HR policies like "rank and yank"
Jan 3	answered	Are interviews required for software/programming internships?
Jan 3	comment	Best Practices for Redesigning a Database I agree with Emmad Kareem, you're missing some key skills. It sounds like your team may be lacking someone who knows ASP.NET/C#, SQL Server/DB design and object oriented design at the level you need to pull off this rather ambitious project.
Dec 30	comment	Knowledge and skills required for Sharepoint One thing I've noticed is that a lot of places want an administrator and developer all in the same person.