Cowboy Coding and the Pink Sombrero

Awesome pragmatism.

10 Jul 2011

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Beans and Noses

You can lead a horse to water…

10 Jul 2011

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10 Puzzle Websites to Sharpen Your Programming Skills

26 Jun 2011

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I don't program in my spare time. Does that make me a bad developer?

Glad someone questioned the assumption.

17 Jun 2011

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Software Development is not Just Coding

Throughout my career as a startup software developer I have constantly come across fellow developers who seem to have a confused concept of our common profession. Specifically, they believe coding to be the single activity which comprises software development.

6 Jun 2011

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Burningbird | Perfect Example

A good and honest rebuttal to programming interview questions.

13 May 2011

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It’s like choosing a contractor because they know how to forge and cast steel using coal, iron, an oven and a bellows, when they actually need to know a) the address of the nearest Home Depot b) what to do with the steel once they buy it.

— Why The New Guy Can’t Code

10 May 2011

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A lot of the time the most useful thing I could do for people when they asked for help was to show them how I’d search for the answer on Google.

— ThoughtWorks University: Things people found difficult | Javalobby

26 Apr 2011

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