Contents tagged with Philosophy 101
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The pitfalls of GDD.
Over the years, I have sampled approaches to software development ranging from RAD, XP, Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, SOA, TDD, and have recently started looking more seriously at the BDD/DDD(D) camps. However, throughout my forays into this potpourri of acronyms and metaphors for programming, I continue to find myself falling back on the crutch of GDD – the least Agile and productive approach of all.
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The influence of style upon methodology...
No matter how faithfully you try to follow your chosen project methodology (Scrum, Extreme Programming, Waterfall, CMMI, etc.) ultimately the strengths, weaknesses, successes, and failures you experience are determined by the habits, attitude, and style of the project manager and team members on the project.
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Reserve judgement lest thou be judged too...
After submiting my last post (rant), I re-read it and had a thought occur. Maybe I too should show humility and take the optimistic view that the developers of these projects really did have good reasons for their reinventions and innovations.
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Blogged-down, Blogcrastinating, & Blogstipated
...are a few words that could describe my past year (or so) of blogging activity. I have so many thoughts zipping around in my mind that I just cant find time or motivation to go code, post, and purge them - I feel completely mentally constipated. Somehow I always seem to be bogged-down on focusing on my projects at work or busy with the family that it leaves little time for serious contemplation or even the occasional playful troll. I really must purge these thoughts & ideas in the form of blog posts before I burst!!
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Recruiting professionally in the small world of IT.
Face it, the IT world is a tiny tight-knit community where everyone knows everyone either directly or indirectly through our own private game of 6-degrees of separation. So, why do most employers treat potential recruits more like pesky cold-calling-vendors than like valued potential future clients?
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Proverbs of a Corporate Coder #6 (retrospective revision)
"Ignorance is only bliss if you are ignorant of your own ignorance." (original)
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Proverbs of a Corporate Coder #6
"Ignorance most definitely is not bliss! However, much can be said of being ignorant of your own ignorance." - Lance Hunt
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Proverbs of a Corporate Coder #5
"Where there is pain and frustration, there is also opportunity." - Lance Hunt
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Proverbs of a Corporate Coder #4
"If it isn't broken, take it apart and figure out how it works. If it is broken afterwards, blame the vendor." - Lance Hunt
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Proverbs of a Corporate Coder #3
"When life hands you lemons, find some pieces of copper and zinc and make a lemon-battery." - Lance Hunt