Scott Whitlock

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By day I'm a Professional Engineer, currently working as a .NET software developer. My CV.

I also wrote and maintain an open source extensible application framework called SoapBox Core, and an open source C# library for communicating with Insteon home automation devices called FluentDwelling.

You can follow me on twitter.

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294	Why do ads for s/w engineers always say they “offer a fast-paced environment”?
104	How much help should I give during technical interviews?
60	Is it illegal to rewrite every line of an open source project in a slightly different way, and use it in a closed source project?
52	Are By-Design “Bugs” a Bad Sign?
42	Is it OK to split long functions and methods into smaller ones even though they won't be called by anything else?

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+10	Should we bind view to a model property or ViewModel should have it's own..?
+10	Return magic value, throw exception or return false on failure?
+10	Can I get sued over duplicating another program's UI?
+10	Is it OK to split long functions and methods into smaller ones even though they won't be called by anything else?

7 Questions

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9	Is the upgrade path from Win32 to .NET to WinRT feasible?
8	How does throwing an ArgumentNullException help?
7	How do you structure unit tests for multiple objects that exhibit the same behavior?
4	Does calling a virtual protected method from a base class violate the LSP?
3	Has anyone used a Stub in production code?

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169 c# × 28	87 .net × 13
113 interview × 4	71 ethics × 2
107 licensing × 14	65 object-oriented × 13
104 open-source × 11	65 legal × 5
103 design-patterns × 18	63 architecture × 8