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  • RE: The Worst Comments

    ChrisM@Work (3/25/2015)


    Jeff Moden (3/24/2015)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (3/24/2015)


    Wayne West (3/23/2015)


    Jeff Moden (3/22/2015)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/16/2015)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (3/13/2015)


    Digressing slightly, how would the threadizens describe the optimal code comments? Obviously the opposite...

  • RE: The Worst Comments

    GilaMonster (3/16/2015)


    The worst comment I've ever seen (as opposed to one I wrote) was in MS Access. The previous developer had written a lot of profanity-filled comments. Anyone who's worked...

  • RE: The Worst Comments

    below86 (3/13/2015)


    Phil Parkin (3/13/2015)


    Gary Varga (3/13/2015)


    Yes!!! Commented out code. That's what source code control is for. If you need to leave a reference to old code then just leave a...

  • RE: Bucket List Data

    Robert Sterbal-482516 (11/18/2014)


    There are at least 2 people on that edge

    Good to know I'm not alone. 😀

  • RE: Bucket List Data

    Gary Varga (11/14/2014)


    I saw a concert recently where so many people where not watching and enjoying the performers but were watching through their mobiles like they were cameramen and women....

  • RE: Handling Inconvenient Requests

    I try to set expectations when people ask me for help. "Yes, I can help you, but I won't be able to start working on it until..." or "Yes,...

  • RE: Never give up

    crussell-931424 (7/10/2014)


    I've always believed I could do anything, if given enough time.

    I don't know about you, but nobody ever seems to want to give me time. It's always a...

  • RE: Never give up

    Dalkeith (7/9/2014)


    I must admit I like to give users an opportunity to attempt to solve their own problems as I see this as having several benefits..

    1)They quickly get a better...

  • RE: Never give up

    Maybe I'm taking this too much from a developer's stand point, but I'd like to add "don't just think about today's problems, think about tomorrow's problems too" By which...

  • RE: Individual users as Owners

    We had one here a few years ago. There was a consultant that designed a database and application for us. A few months after he left, his AD...

  • RE: Using Dual Monitors vs Single Large Monitor

    SQLRNNR (6/4/2014)


    How about 1 big monitor and 1 projector?

    Then it is like having 2 monitors but you really only (technically) have 1.

    I hooked up my old SNES to a projector...

  • RE: Better Training

    rodney.hardrick (5/13/2014)


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    However, I found that when I got to the real world I needed more experience with software development methodologies, software project planning (e.g. providing a true time estimate based...

  • RE: Better Training

    Thomas Abraham (5/13/2014)


    I even put them in teams to have them get used to working with other people to get something done. And I picked the teams. They complained about...

  • RE: Better Training

    Gary Varga (5/13/2014)


    Give it a decade and it wouldn't surprise me if doctorates were required to stand out from the crowd.

    I keep toying with the idea of a doctorate, but...

  • RE: Better Training

    Tobar (5/13/2014)


    I think you need both. I was classically trained, if there is such a thing in computer science, with theory and all. I work with too many "home grown"...

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