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by gacba 17y ago
is a reliable path to comparative material prosperity and financial security in India in a fashion that it is not in the United States. And if you've ever visited any city in India and driven around, you'll see that these tech schools are
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Will It Blend? iPad Edition(youtube.com)
1 points by gacba 17y ago|0 comments
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Stop Breaking These Laws (of Software)(lessonsoffailure.com)
2 points by gacba 17y ago|0 comments
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by gacba 17y ago
Those online versions require an entirely different computing experience: sitting in front of a computer with a monitor, most likely isolated. The iPad/iPhone combo creates a potentially more social, electronic hybrid of the table-top expe
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Jedi Software Training-Part 2(lessonsoffailure.com)
2 points by gacba 17y ago|0 comments
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Worst Idea of 2010: Firefox Personas(lessonsoffailure.com)
28 points by gacba 17y ago|35 comments
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Jedi Software Training--Part 1(lessonsoffailure.com)
2 points by gacba 17y ago|0 comments
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Software: Plumbing or Mad Science? re:Whatever Happened to Programming?(lessonsoffailure.com)
1 points by gacba 17y ago|0 comments
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31 Snowclones About Software Development(lessonsoffailure.com)
1 points by gacba 17y ago|0 comments
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by gacba 17y ago
(looks unlike anything I've ever seen) Probably because you're not old enough to remember the Atari 2600. Looks a heckuva lot like that to me, but with better animation and sound.
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by gacba 17y ago
Certifications are only valuable if employers value them in return. Historically, that's been a dicey proposition with only a few exceptions in specific IT admin areas like Cisco and Microsoft server admin. The rest of the certifications
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by gacba 17y ago
Not unlike how Java evolved: Gosling and Joy envisioned something to use for smart appliances and network-aware devices. Its popularity stemmed from the fact it was far more useful outside of that context in enterprise and client-server d
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Older Developers: Bad Habits Are Killing Your Career(lessonsoffailure.com)
3 points by gacba 17y ago|0 comments
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by gacba 17y ago
It was embarrassing back in 1990 when I was in engineering school ("we need more female engineering students!"). What's really embarrassing is that we're still having the same debates 20 years later.
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by gacba 17y ago
The Management Reality Distortion Field is not required to be consistent.
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Five Pervasive Myths About Older Software Developers(lessonsoffailure.com)
81 points by gacba 17y ago|66 comments
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by gacba 17y ago
"With the release of Java FX, widespread deployment of the JRE, and better browser integration, Java has set the stage for a comeback to its roots." I'm guessing he hasn't actually touched this part either. It's a disaster. JavaFX is a le
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by gacba 17y ago
In Soviet Russia, Valley builds you.
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by gacba 17y ago
Not all such perversions are justifiable: http://www.lessonsoffailure.com/software/military-software-s...
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Trust But Verify, A Consulting Love Story(lessonsoffailure.com)
2 points by gacba 17y ago|0 comments
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by gacba 17y ago
> 4) What a blogger writes just doesn't matter. If that was true, you wouldn't have quoted Jeff Atwood.
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Developer Lessons from Diablo II(lessonsoffailure.com)
1 points by gacba 17y ago|0 comments
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Android App Store: The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease(lessonsoffailure.com)
3 points by gacba 17y ago|1 comments
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by gacba 17y ago
An excellent point. As soon as I work for/with someone who outsources to one, I'll follow up. :)
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by gacba 17y ago
Greenspun's arguments are bit a flippant, as noted here in the ending comments: "To see just how much of a factor this is, look at how mishap rates plummeted after the introduction of CRM training at US carriers in the late 1970s/early 1980
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The Real Reason Outsourcing Continues To Fail(lessonsoffailure.com)
102 points by gacba 17y ago|65 comments
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Hiring Ren and Stimpy(lessonsoffailure.com)
3 points by gacba 17y ago|1 comments
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Stop Dumbing Down The World with Bad Interview Questions(lessonsoffailure.com)
4 points by gacba 17y ago|1 comments
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Google Go: Good For What?(lessonsoffailure.com)
2 points by gacba 17y ago|1 comments
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Military Software Sucks(lessonsoffailure.com)
1 points by gacba 17y ago|0 comments

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