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Are null references really a bad thing?

language-design exceptions

jul 14 '12 at 1:36 Michael Kaufman 1

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Are there open source alternatives to Bitbucket, Github, Kiln, and similar DVCS browsing and management tools? [closed]

feb 24 at 17:20 Sytse Sijbrandij 1

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Are Scrum and XP comparable things or are they used for different things

scrum comparison methodology extreme-programming

nov 16 at 4:38 Jimmy Hoffa 5,176

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What are the key points of Working Effectively with Legacy Code?

books testing refactoring legacy

nov 29 '11 at 8:15 Péter Török 35k

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I've inherited 200K lines of spaghetti code — what now?

project-management agile development-process maintenance life-cycle

jun 15 at 4:32 dietbuddha 5,798

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How do I completely-self-study Computer Science?

self-improvement computer-science

jun 11 '12 at 18:13 Optimus 234

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Should there be more scientific study of the effectiveness of various hyped-up ideas in software development?

agile computer-science quality

mar 17 '12 at 20:16 Martin Wickman 9,727

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Can Agile be accomplished without client involvement?

agile waterfall

feb 16 '12 at 13:12 S.Robins 8,372

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Should I intentionally break the build when a bug is found in production?

unit-testing tdd builds

mar 10 '12 at 5:52 thegreendroid 201

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Change management's mind?

work-environment management

jan 28 at 4:12 Steven A. Lowe 27.5k

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How to avoid to be employed by companies which are candidates to DailyWTF stories?

productivity work-environment interview recruiting

jan 31 '11 at 1:33 Bobby Tables 12.6k

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How can I really “wow” an employer at an interview? [closed]

interview job-market

feb 14 '12 at 4:28 Karthik Sreenivasan 641

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Is there a way to combat Sales perpetually overcommitting?

sales release-management politics

feb 20 '12 at 17:38 authentictech 1

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Should I tell someone that their commit caused a regression?

version-control issue-tracking

sep 28 '11 at 22:48 Stuart Woodward 180

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Database source control

database version-control

jul 11 '12 at 7:44 rituparnakashyap 111

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Applying SOLID principles

design object-oriented solid

sep 2 '11 at 22:19 Doc Brown 17.7k

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Decoupling classes from the user interface

design

jul 30 '11 at 13:43 Falcon 13.5k

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For those of you who are senior developers what do you look for in a new company and development team? [closed]

work-environment

mar 8 '12 at 14:35 Yannis Rizos♦ 22.9k

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Is there certain payoffs between working for a company in the IT industry, and working for the IT department of a company in some other industry?

work-environment comparison company ideal-company

jun 12 '11 at 2:33 Dave 621

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Does craftsmanship pay off? [duplicate]

productivity technical-debt politics

aug 11 '11 at 1:31 Community♦ 1

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How can I thoroughly evaluate a prospective employer?

interview employment culture corporate-culture

oct 19 '11 at 16:34 glenviewjeff 657

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Is Extreme Programming (XP) incompatible with ideas expressed in Peopleware?

productivity peopleware extreme-programming

may 22 '11 at 20:49 Jas 5,220

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How does one network at software conferences? [closed]

jan 22 at 14:03 Matt Fenwick 2,633

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Tips for phone interviews

interview

may 16 '11 at 13:21 Tyanna 8,149

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I'm using JSON and degrading gracefully, so how do I prevent duplicate code?

web-development javascript ajax

may 27 '11 at 12:38 diffa 121

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Is there such a thing as staying in a job too long?

career-development

oct 30 '11 at 5:53 Anna Lear♦ 23.4k

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Paying for training when resigning?

training company quitting

may 4 '11 at 21:33 Kyralessa 1,641

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Functional Programming on the rise?

programming-languages functional-programming

feb 28 '12 at 12:33 Jon Harrop 774

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Teaching programming, quickly to those adults that haven't programmed

learning

may 6 '11 at 17:41 Todd Main 289

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Do most companies not know how to write software?

project-management self-improvement working-conditions

mar 30 '12 at 23:55 Yannis Rizos♦ 22.9k

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