As software developers, or, more broadly, as techies, we are extremely fortunate. So many people want to give us money and jobs that we find it annoying. Let that sink in for a moment. A serious first world problem that we all share is how many times per week people cold call us to ask…
I was recently out to dinner with some friends that are fellow techies, and we were talking about software development methodologies. One of them, who works in a shop that practices pretty true-to-form Scrum, was talking about how management via the product owner was starting to put pressure on them to produce certain, lower point…
Today’s post is going to be one where I’ll regale you with a rather ridiculous tale of woe, relief, and redemption. And, it’s my hope that you can learn from my buffoonery just as I did, but without the part where you’re a buffoon. It’s a story that starts out simply enough. I have a…
A while back, I found myself plugged into working on a rather large .NET project. The project had been going on for a while, and I was helping out only in terms of implementation manpower; architectural decisions had long since been made. And, in fact, some of the architectural decisions had pre-dated the project altogether….
Interruptions are one of the biggest sources of inefficiency for programmers. Now, to be fair, they’re probably a big source of inefficiency for everyone, but relatively speaking, they’re worse for programmers. To understand what I mean, let’s take someone whose job is in sales. A lot of the day is probably spent on the phone…
