I started a discussion on this subject after hearing it more than once from a recruiter. Recruiters, please read this discussion, learn and educate your clients.
I have been on some recent technical interviews for Tech Lead and/or Architect Roles. I am keeping track of the questions asked and will post them here. The answers you see are mostly copy/paste from a Google search, with a mix of my own thoughts. Feel...
I get this question often, what books should I read to become a better developer? Not just 'how to code better' either. We are talking full life cycle here, start to finish (is there ever a finish?). I have been too lazy to put a list together. Today...
Seems Microsoft wants us to see their code, with comments, pretty cool: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/10/03/releasing-the-source-code-for-the-net-framework-libraries.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=69d2219f-ce82-46a5-8aec-072bd4bb955e&displaylang=en
http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/