It's not so much as whether I am a 8 or 9 or 10 in my areas of expertise, what's frightening about the industry is how many people say they...

We probably wouldn't have had the same opppertunities for education, so unless you came from a well to do background, we would all be working down the pit.....

"It's not rocket science!!"

And most stuff isn't, but it's amazing how people complicate things. I use this phrase a lot.

Along with my favorite when I am in Project Manager...

Losing data? As a developer, I have always taken the approach of delete nothing. Delete is not an SQL command I use. Instead, use an additional column such as 'active'....

I'm a shy guy, and don't find it too easy to build a network of folks. Does that mean I should be disregarded?

I have had people ask me if...

I already know of certain jobs where the decision is made on your Uni scores; no interview, no CV, highest scorer gets the job. I wonder if this kind of...

I write everything well, and "encourage" my team to do the same wherever I work. I have a big pair of boots.

Are you implying that there are folks out there...

And of course, users behave in exactly the same way as a piece of software trying to simulate what they do. I have also gone down this road before, but...

Not sure I agree with "'Get something up and running. We can always tidy it up later' "

You should always plan to have to tune/improve some parts of the system....

The great thing about the internet and sites like this is that when you approach your work in a generic fashion, then it is easy to write in many different...

I used to work for an investment bank, and they put all their business logic in stored procedures. Imagine my suprise upon meeting these 5000 line monsters......oh the pain.

Problem is,...

I have been working in development and project management on and of for a number of years. Every project where I have been in charge has been successful. And I...

Agile, extreme programming, all common sense really. Some developers would come to something like the same methodologies on their own. It's not rocket science after all (unless you do rocket...

I'm afraid it's all abount managing expectations. Lots of industries have a set period of time each year when production shuts down. If the customer expects to have no deliveries...

After years of software development, it is not suprising that I have found that a great many that walk the walk and talk the talk, but can't do the do.

I...