gcopeland (1/12/2009)

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Jack Corbett (1/12/2009)

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Sure the HR Department does not hire the final person, but they do eliminate candidates, which may mean the best person for the job is eliminated because...

It's getting a bit long to quote all the bits and pieces, so I'll just comment here.

I've heard aobut "priming" type studies before; in those cases it was being related...

mtucker (1/11/2009)

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The sad reality is that people make judgements about you based on appearance and other things that have no relation to how good an employee you are, but only...

Not by that name, but I do recall discussions in the past about bullet points as a quick way of communicating...

Hakima? Which martial art? Mine's aikido, and in terms of dress code, our dojo has two uniforms - the white ghi, and the white ghi top with hakima...

lora_rivers (1/9/2009)

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I dress professionally every day (including makeup, matching accessories and 3" pumps). ... To outsiders looking in, my appearance denotes vanity, shallowness and inferior programming skills...

gcopeland (1/9/2009)

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Sorry, it sounds like you are agreeing with me. Professionals beginning their careers should pay careful attention to the...

gcopeland (1/9/2009)

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Stephanie J Brown (1/9/2009)

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I have already acknowledged that many of you expert performers are on a different level and do not need my advice....

gcopeland (1/9/2009)[Well then you never met me or my peers. We know what you should do, and as consultants, please don't try to hold us accountable when you ignore...

I find that at every level of dress - business suit, business casual, jeans - it is easier for men to dress appropriately than for women.

Do other women feel...

Wow, that's a...

It sounds like what Michael is saying (in part) is "prioritize your documentation". In other words, determine what the important things are to document, and focus your efforts...

I'm definitely a fan of documentation, both within and outside of the code. As roger.plowman and tiexiem both mentioned, having the "why" of a code module is critical to...

Ah, Jeff, you're no dweeb, those are good books as well! I don't own them, but I have read them. (I own a few others by Buroughs, tho.)...

Spoken like a man who writes the answers on his sleeve! 😀

But Matt described the contents of a good book, and SQLBill went so far as to list titles,...