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I always preemptively raise my eyebrows when I come across an article about agile because, in my experience, agile is mostly used by hit-and-run managers as an excuse to avoid maki…

What about POUT (plain old unit testing)? Ie writing he test after the feature?

>> acknowledge a phenomenon called a "long job search" Depending on the skill set and the market, job hunting can be a long process indeed. It is usually easy for a good developer …

"It isn't hard to find good software engineers." I agree with this, even though I feel for the startups that are having a hard time finding people (because they're startups). When …

"My instinct, however, is that not knowing HTML (which I define as understanding the structure and basics, not complete mastery of XHTML 2 tags or something of the kind) shows an a…

Sometimes language specialization is a result of domain specialization. If you're an embedded programmer or a game engine programmer, there is a good chance that you will use very …

"Truthfully I want to rhyme like Common Sense But I did five mil I ain't be rhyming like Common since When your senses got so much in common And you've been hustlin since your ince…

"Y'all not remembering. My motto is simply: I will not lose."

I think Ballmer is not CEO material for a tech company. However he may be good COO material.

If you are just out of school, salary doesn't matter that much as long as you are able to cover your living expenses. Far more important is opportunity for professional growth. I w…

Given that he is such a micromanager, I am not sure Steve Jobs would have made a good CEO at the time. Apple was already huge at the time, and as the head of a large company you ne…

This might work at a startup or a small company, but at a large company like EA, it is nearly impossible for a single individual to change the culture. EA has been a staple of bad …

I would not count Rare as a good acquisition: Microsoft bought them for $375M, and they haven't produced a single hit since. To put that in perspective, Bungie (a much smaller stud…

Actually, I suspect that you and the author might be in agreement. Your "quality monitors and computers" would be considered "top notch" by many companies, not because they actuall…

"A friend was recently asked the same, also said no, and was declined the interview." I think that's retarded. There are more effective ways to filter out bad apples. Candidates co…

"Because the first person has documented proof of ability" I think this really depends on the position you are trying to fill. A track record of shipping code to customers counts f…

I have seen it happen. You're not fired outright, you're just moved to the top of the layoff list, and you will be a clear target in tough times.

"But everything not being equal, I'll choose the better project every time, no matter what the environment is like." Really? Don't get me wrong, I largely agree with the spirit of …

I am looking for a job in Toronto, ON. I am mostly comfortable with C/C++, but if the domain is interesting enough languages will be a small part of the whole piece so I am happy t…

Molyneux is insanely brilliant, but he tends to hype his games so much that the end result falls short of expectations. He's made similar claims about Fable - then known as Project…

> "Why running with one leg is great" - written by someone who run each days with one leg. He is not saying that C++ is great . In fact he mentions several issues that bother him i…

const does not so much catch bugs as it prevents them. It is a way to specify a contract. If your code is const-correct, the next programmer using or maintaining your code can read…

You don't have to build these libraries from scratch every time. You could store pre-compiled binaries in a shared drive for every possible configuration, and developers can simply…

This hit me pretty hard.