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timstall: November 2012
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Friday, November 30, 2012. Lesson from the flaming BBQ - people who just get it. Start small. It's much like a parent training their kids. Sure eventually someone guesses wrong (say they pick the wrong default validation rule and hence need to re-code it), but if they got the previous nine right, then your team comes out ahead. It sure beats eating charcoaled burgers because the team has been trained to only allow managers to turn down the grill. Posted by Tim Stall. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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timstall: August 2012
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Monday, August 20, 2012. Digging with spoons – the case against progress. Say you need to dig a big hole. Do you dig with a spoon or a shovel? Most progress-oriented developers would think “of course we use shovels”, but they continually get surprised when on their real projects the team still essentially digs with spoons. Why? How could someone possibly want to dig with a little spoon instead of a big shovel? Sure, I favor shovels, but I’ve seen over the years that people think very. We’re already...
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timstall: May 2012
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Thursday, May 31, 2012. How is a senior developer different from a junior developer? There is not one right answer. It’s easy to say “a senior dev knows more and does more”, but I think there’s an additional dimension – a junior dev is merely expected to code to the spec, whereas a senior dev fundamentally takes responsibility and ownership for improving everything they encounter. There’s also an. Writes good code that just works. Can write code with the minimal length and complexity. Has written a modul...
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timstall: Presenting at SDC on Empowering a Team as an Individual Contributor
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013. Presenting at SDC on Empowering a Team as an Individual Contributor. I had the opportunity to present at the SDC on "Empowering a Team as an Individual Contributor" (9/1/2013). Http:/ www.meetup.com/SoftDev/events/134325872/. Posted by Tim Stall. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Lake County .Net Users Group. Mike Stall's Debugging Blog. Presenting at SDC on Empowering a Team as an Indiv.
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timstall: September 2012
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Thursday, September 27, 2012. Does an expert follow all the rules? Some people think an expert is one who can follow all the rules. Others think that an expert is one who knows when to break the rules,. Can do so to get the job done. Ideally you'd have both, but I favor the second. The first depends on what the rules are – are they good guidelines or are they ivory tower red-tape and bad process. Posted by Tim Stall. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Lake County .Net Users Group. Mike Stall's Debugging Blog.
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timstall: January 2014
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Chicago Code Camp 2014 is coming on April 26! Chicago Code Camp 2014 is coming again on April 26 at College of Lake County. This is the 6th CCC. Find all the details on the website:. Http:/ www.chicagocodecamp.com. I've found this to be a magical event in the past - 200 developers enjoying an all day, free event, on Saturday (usually no work conflict), with 30 diverse sessions from volunteer speakers. Makes you love our profession! Posted by Tim Stall.
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Philosophy of Programming: The Form of Katas
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On the Philosophy of Programming. View my complete profile. Saturday, May 10, 2014. The Form of Katas. Your honour with your form. Act II, Scene 2, Line 142.1. Every work day around 6:30 AM you'll find me working on a Code Kata. I find that this is one of my most inventive times of the day. While doing my Code Kata I try out everything and anything. I am truly free doing my Code Kata, I even allow myself to fail. Why do I do my Code Kata? I have lots of reasons, but the main ones are the following:.
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timstall: September 2013
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013. Presenting at SDC on Empowering a Team as an Individual Contributor. I had the opportunity to present at the SDC on "Empowering a Team as an Individual Contributor" (9/1/2013). Http:/ www.meetup.com/SoftDev/events/134325872/. Posted by Tim Stall. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Lake County .Net Users Group. Mike Stall's Debugging Blog. Presenting at SDC on Empowering a Team as an Indiv.
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