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When you apply for a job, read the job posting!
Monday, April 07, 2008 10:48 PM
I am constantly amazed by the number of job candidates who apply for a position without reading the job posting. We are currently hiring for three positions: Agile .NET Developer Agile .NET Developer Internship Graphics Designer All three involve *doing* something in order to be considered for the position - for the developer positions it requires completing... Read More...
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Learning from your Burn Down chart
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:36 AM
The chart to the left represents the Burn Down chart for the Secret Server 4.1 release which shipped on March 14th 2008.  We have always shipped Secret Server on the published date (or in the early hours of morning the next day!) but this release pushed things a little too close for our liking.  What was the problem?  Did we take on too much? ... Read More...
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Secret Server 4.0 has shipped!
Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:40 AM
We were hoping to ship one day early but a few delays in getting some updated artwork and some of the upgrade documentation caused us to ship yesterday on the scheduled day.  Secret Server has never missed a launch date since first being released in November 2005 - this is something we attribute to Test Driven Development, Pair Programming and an agile planning... Read More...
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Removing dead code
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 1:09 AM
What does your code terrain look like?  Are there bodies of dead logic lying here and there?  Maybe they helped briefly while you worked towards a better solution or perhaps they just fell victim to changing business rules. At a recent Code Camp, there was a question about code generation and I answered that we (as developers) are required to love every... Read More...
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