When a person is let go - If an employee is considered for release for lack of performance, or other issue in the workplace a process is started. Note...

Eric M Russell (10/7/2013)

Another good general security practice to hide error massages from the end user. You shouldn't need the user to tell you what error occurred, you should instead...

Here and now it is about 1:15 as far as developers to DBA's but that does not include GIS staff who present other challenges unique to their science. In...

Tom Bakerman (10/4/2013)

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Eric M Russell (10/4/2013)

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The same rules that apply to dating should also apply to employment interviews. Both sides of the table should "keep it real" and not play...

The last time I was unemployed and interviewing I came in and was introduced to a man who asked three questions. He then said "let me go check something...

Eric M Russell (10/2/2013)

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..The NSA, along with a number of other companies, is trying to do something about poor programming practices. They have release a list of the 25 most...

Sorry to come to the ball late but I also agree but in a slightly different approach. As a developer I write code. .Net C# code and I...

L' Eomot Inversé (9/26/2013)

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Really? That's unusual. I never wrote on punch cards or on paper tape, I used to punch holes in them instead or, sometimes, have someone...

chrisn-585491 (9/26/2013)

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A good developer would not release software with known defects, but in practice, "good enough" is the enemy of "perfect" and the developer doesn't always get to decide priorities....

For some reason it was hard to figure this one out. Got it but it took a while. Good question.

chrisn-585491 (9/25/2013)

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Like Steve and Simon I have developed systems that ran for decades without revision and without error other then data or other operational errors. That does not mean that...

chrisn-585491 (9/25/2013)

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I'm skeptical of anyone with a long, significant career in software that claims "no bugs or errors." Especially if they tout C++.

So either we have encountered the...

Part of the article reads "It an application doesn't work for the cases we've designed it for, then we need to work on our coding skills. "

More often...

Steve wrote - "As data professionals, we can help people learn how they can analyze and manipulate data better with the tools we have available."

First comment People do not need...

Two things

1. Cloud => Public and Private. Development in a could environment does not require you to develop off site. Currently I have two development environments one locally...