btakita

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by btakita 17y ago
More important than typing speed is the ability to use shortcuts. Programming tends to involve short statements and many movements around a file and between files, instead of writing long prose as you would when writing a book. Being good a
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by btakita 17y ago
Pivotal Tracker http://www.pivotaltracker.com/ and You Track http://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/ .
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by btakita 17y ago
Update, just found out my neighbor's son got a job working at the Port of Oakland for $8.50/hour. He also has a high school education (not that it has a big bearing on the employment rate of his peers).
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by btakita 17y ago
> Can you please give some more info about your opinion? Visual Studio web services generates some befuddling code, at least when I last used it about 5 years ago. Maybe things are better now? Also, it is difficult to implement a good S
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by btakita 17y ago
Yes, having to actively think about all of the implications all of the time often leads to analysis paralysis. Automated tests often can alleviate this burden. It's often better to go quickly go down a path and see how it plays out, opposed
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by btakita 17y ago
Having a criminal past is also a huge factor. This is anecdotal, but my neighbor's son is a black 35 year old male lacking a high school education and had a BS drug charge. It is very difficult for him to find a job, after all, who wants to
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by btakita 17y ago
SOAP is dead for good reason. Its an overcomplicated POS. I will pretty much refuse (unless there is no other alternative) to use a web service that only supports SOAP. My conspiracy theory regarding SOAP is that major tool vendors support
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by btakita 17y ago
I remember an article about college graduates not being able to find jobs during the dot bomb era. I was one of those statistics. Fortunately things have changed. I was able to consult/contract and meet people and my career took off from th
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by btakita 17y ago
I can see that as an improvement. Thanks for the follow up.
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by btakita 17y ago
It is very difficult to read this method. The more standard way goes from top to bottom. The lambda method requires the reader to go to the bottom of the statement, then to the top and downward. It requires the writer to remember the idiom
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by btakita 17y ago
Why are so many anti-agile/TDD blog posts just silly ranting? I guess we all like to make a little spectacle. Please, present a more thoughtful argument without the wild-eyed zealotry.
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by btakita 17y ago
His loony slogans is like the Fox news of the anti-agile movement.