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| bio | website | twitter.com/KevinLaity |
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| location | Calgary, Canada | |
| age | 33 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 8 months |
| seen | May 16 '12 at 15:00 | |
| stats | profile views | 44 |
I've been working in the games industry for four years. In software for 5 years. Before that, wrote alot of applications and games in my spare time.
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Sep 9 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 1 |
awarded | Great Answer |
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Sep 10 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 3 |
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How can I teach a bright person, with no programming experience, how to program? @quant_dev I realize he's not trying to become 'awesome' but I feel that programming improvement happens in spurts, and usually with alot of effort each time. If he wants to go from "sucks" to "ok" it's still going to be a huge investment, one that he'll probably never feel is worth it, no matter how you slice it. |
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Jul 28 |
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How can I teach a bright person, with no programming experience, how to program? @quant_dev If he can't invest 3 months, then he'll never be a programmer because he doesn't want it bad enough. He didn't become a great theoretical physicist via casual involvement. |
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Jul 12 |
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What counts as reinventing the wheel? @Anto: Open source isn't something I generally deal with, but yes that is the exception. |
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Jul 12 |
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What counts as reinventing the wheel? I like to tell people "I can build anything, but I can't force someone else to build new features into their library, or fix their bugs!" |
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Jun 16 |
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How many questions are appropriate to ask as an intern? +1 For advocating self-improvement over merely getting by |
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Jun 13 |
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How do software projects go over budget and under-deliver? Great answer, I have personally experienced all of these |
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Jun 13 |
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How do software projects go over budget and under-deliver? I hope that's 12 American Billions ;) |
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Mar 17 |
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Defect statuses: “WON'T FIX” vs “Cancelled” These descriptions make just as much sense if you reverse them: "The ticket is Cancelled because it's not a bug", "We Won't Fix it because it's trivial" |
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Mar 10 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Mar 3 |
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How do you track bugs in your personal projects? @bedwyr Good point, I guess it's a matter of preference. I actually would fix that defect immediately, since we're talking about a small one-man project. If I were in a big corporate setting, different story. |
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Mar 1 |
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How do you track bugs in your personal projects? @bedwyr if you stick to the rule of fixing all known defects before implementing new features, this is a non issue. |
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Jan 7 |
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Why is VB so popular? If you pronounce it Gee-You-I then you can prevent your windows from melting and making a mess on the floor. |
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Dec 28 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Dec 9 |
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What's your favourite quote about programming? @Malfist: Yes it is. 0 = 0, 00 = 1, 000 = 2, 0000 = 3 |
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Oct 29 |
awarded | Guru |
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Sep 29 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Sep 27 |
awarded | Enlightened |
