KentBeck

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When the Mission Gambit happens without a market for programmers nothing changes(facebook.com)
1 points by KentBeck 10y ago|0 comments
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The Mission Gambit. “mission” is a resource, not a perk taken from my salary(facebook.com)
3 points by KentBeck 10y ago|1 comments
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by KentBeck 10y ago
Following the drip down the canvas is as important as moving the brush along (to stay with the metaphor).
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Paint drip people, a successor to T-shaped people(facebook.com)
185 points by KentBeck 10y ago|62 comments
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by KentBeck 10y ago
The invasion of Iraq is what I had in mind. I wanted to point out the senselessness of that operation.
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by KentBeck 10y ago
My skill/specialization visualization is the paint drip model (generalization of T). You're adding a little of this skill, a little of that, one catches your eye and you dive deep for a while, then a little of this, a little of th
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Not Saying Winter Is Coming, but Where’s Your Coat?(facebook.com)
454 points by KentBeck 10y ago|448 comments
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Explore/Expand/Extract: The Product Development Triathlon(facebook.com)
1 points by KentBeck 10y ago|0 comments
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by KentBeck 10y ago
I updated the description of 80/15/5, a career risk management strategy.
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Mastering Programming: An Outline(prod.facebook.com)
562 points by KentBeck 10y ago|123 comments
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The convexity of the founder CEO(facebook.com)
1 points by KentBeck 10y ago|0 comments
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Me an' Algernon(facebook.com)
5 points by KentBeck 10y ago|0 comments
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The Old Man and the Mice: A (Fat) Tale of Innovation(facebook.com)
1 points by KentBeck 10y ago|0 comments
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Convexity for Programmers(facebook.com)
2 points by KentBeck 10y ago|0 comments
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Convexity in software development: 30 mins of video(facebook.com)
2 points by KentBeck 10y ago|0 comments
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Geek's Guide to Feels(facebook.com)
1 points by KentBeck 11y ago|0 comments
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Synchronize observation and control, then shorten feedback loops(facebook.com)
3 points by KentBeck 11y ago|0 comments
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by KentBeck 11y ago
tl;dr You can make content so bad that it won't spread, but you can't make it so good that it is certain to spread. Virality grows at the confluence of skill, timing, and luck. Be aware when you've hit the point of diminishin
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by KentBeck 11y ago
There is a big difference between "I'm polishing this because it will have a higher viral coefficient", or "I'm polishing this because I am learning by polishing", or even "I'm polishing this because
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by KentBeck 11y ago
Thank you for making this distinction. I was trying to say, "Here's how I make (surprising) better predictions about the world as it is." I wasn't saying anything about how things should be. For those who don't li
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Ed Yourdon, Bodhisattva of Y2K(facebook.com)
1 points by KentBeck 11y ago|0 comments
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Power laws as a thinking tool(facebook.com)
35 points by KentBeck 11y ago|10 comments
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It's Boredom Sensitivity, Not AD/HD(facebook.com)
4 points by KentBeck 11y ago|2 comments
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Slow Deployment Causes Meetings(facebook.com)
3 points by KentBeck 11y ago|0 comments
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John Carmack's Deep Thoughts: Ideas, Work, and Emotion(facebook.com)
11 points by KentBeck 11y ago|3 comments
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by KentBeck 11y ago
Who will pay for the servers?
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Facebook is not all about the money(facebook.com)
2 points by KentBeck 11y ago|2 comments
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Economy of scope, not scale, when learning is more valuable than stuff(facebook.com)
2 points by KentBeck 11y ago|0 comments
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by KentBeck 11y ago
Yes
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Prune: A Tree-Based, Home-Row-Oriented Code Editor(facebook.com)
118 points by KentBeck 11y ago|43 comments

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