I have two degrees (Bachelor’s and Master’s) in computer science, so it’s probably no surprise that I place a fairly high degree of value on the background that all of this course work provided. That being said, my experience was that you learn some pretty unfortunate ‘lessons’ in CS degree programs. To name some that…
The hardest thing about being a software developer, for me, is coming up with names for things. I’ve worked out a system with which I’m sort of comfortable where, when coding, I pay attention to every namespace, type, method and variable name that I create, but in a time-box (subject to later revisiting, of course)….
I went shopping for jeans last weekend, which was, as always, somewhat of an aggravating experience. It’s not just jeans, but, really, any wearable thing: shoes, work shirts, belts, even socks. The source of my irritation is the fact that I can’t simply replace items I have that are worn out because the thing you…
Another night in the hotel, another episode of ChessTDD. I’m doing my day to day work mainly in Java-land these days, so this is about the only time I write .NET code anymore. Anywho, in this episode, I’m just planning to pick some housekeeping cards and move them across, starting with one I created after…
I was going to write a post about my recent fascination with Selenium tonight, but with the current bandwidth I’m getting from my hotel wifi connection, I won’t have successfully installed Firefox until Thursday. Undaunted, I decided to go through my drafts folder and move a card out of that sizeable backlog. The one that…
