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Pair Programming improves your communication skills
Monday, March 19, 2007 11:50 PM

Many developers in our industry prefer a dark corner to the presentation podium. This is often explained away with references to introverted personalities and geekish tendencies. While this may be true for certain individuals, there are definitely many benefits to breaking away from this stereotype. One of the best ways to progress in the business world is to... Read More...

by thycotic | 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, Code Camp, TDD, General Software Development

Will TDD become mainstream?
Sunday, February 25, 2007 12:26 PM

I have been asked a number of times in the last few years if I think TDD (Test Driven Development) will go mainstream. Firstly, we need to agree on what mainstream is – Wikipedia does not give any hard numbers ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream ) but it seems like 20% would be a good number for software development (I pulled this out of thin area... Read More...

by thycotic | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Extreme Programming, .NET, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, TDD, General Software Development

New office with Pair Programming team room
Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:08 AM

We have just moved our offices from the Vienna, Virginia area to downtown Washington DC. We now have more space for our team room and have tried new strategies to minimize wiring and optimize communication across the team. Here is a picture of 2 pairing stations in the new team room. The desks are part of the GALANT series from IKEA and we used their new SIGNUM... Read More...

by thycotic | with no comments

Filed under: Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, TDD, General Software Development

Pair Programming at DC Extreme Programming User Group tonight!
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:11 AM

I will be presenting on Pair Programming (something we practice daily at Thycotic ) tonight at the Washington DC Extreme Programming User Group . The session involves an exercise (which I have blogged about before ) but it is always interesting to hear peoples opinions and past experiences. Pair Programming is definitely something that can have great effect in... Read More...

by thycotic | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET User Groups, Fun, Pair Programming, Software Development, General Software Development

What motivates software developers?
Monday, May 15, 2006 3:00 AM

Developers who simply work for a paycheck have different priorities so I am going to ask you to forget about them for a minute. If you joined software development out of pure passion for the industry then you have a different agenda. Building software is a very creative and constructive process but the intangible nature of software makes the parallels to traditional... Read More...

by thycotic | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET User Groups, Pair Programming, Software Development, Code Camp, TDD

Pair Programming in Rockville MD on Weds 2/1/2006
Monday, January 30, 2006 9:07 AM

" Imagine working the code while constantly rethinking the grand scheme of the design in your head. Imagine catching your typos first time, every time. Imagine finding bugs twice as fast and having a good conversation about how to approach finding them. Imagine learning new techniques, ideas and strategies while working on your code everyday. If you already achieve... Read More...

by thycotic | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET User Groups, Pair Programming, Software Development

Pair Certification? (70-316 passed == MCAD)
Friday, August 19, 2005 1:26 AM

Wednesday was thycotic 's first Microsoft Certification Exam Day . This is a new initiative at our company to put dates to our goals and focus our minds on certification. Most of our consultants have one or two certifications on their list for annual employee goals. Human nature usually allows this to slip a few months or more as deadlines, projects, vacations... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET, Pair Programming, Software Development