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  • RE: Image is Everything

    gcopeland (1/12/2009)

    Jack Corbett (1/12/2009)

    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...

    Here there be dragons...,

    Steph Brown

    January 12, 2009 at 10:37 am

    #925408

  • RE: Image is Everything

    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...

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    Steph Brown

    January 11, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    #925093

  • RE: Image is Everything

    mtucker (1/11/2009)

    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...

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    Steph Brown

    January 11, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    #925062

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    David.Poole (1/11/2009)

    Have any of you guys heard of "information mapping"?

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

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    Steph Brown

    January 11, 2009 at 8:59 am

    #924990

  • RE: Image is Everything

    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...

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    Steph Brown

    January 10, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    #924918

  • RE: Image is Everything

    lora_rivers (1/9/2009)

    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...

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    Steph Brown

    January 10, 2009 at 12:03 am

    #924788

  • RE: Image is Everything

    gcopeland (1/9/2009)

    Stephanie J Brown (1/9/2009)

    Sorry, I have to disagree with you.

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

    Here there be dragons...,

    Steph Brown

    January 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    #924735

  • RE: Image is Everything

    gcopeland (1/9/2009)

    Stephanie J Brown (1/9/2009)

    Did it all without your advice.

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

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    Steph Brown

    January 9, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    #924733

  • RE: Image is Everything

    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...

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    Steph Brown

    January 9, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    #924707

  • RE: Image is Everything

    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...

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    Steph Brown

    January 9, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    #924673

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    fuller.artful (1/9/2009)

    A lot of the replies to Steve's original message tend to take the tack of blaming the people who came before us in the chaiin of development/evolution.

    A.

    Wow, that's a...

    Here there be dragons...,

    Steph Brown

    January 9, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    #924611

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    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...

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    Steph Brown

    January 7, 2009 at 10:44 am

    #922733

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    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...

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    Steph Brown

    January 5, 2009 at 9:13 am

    #921220

  • RE: Ok, its their first day on the job.

    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.)...

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    Steph Brown

    January 2, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    #920618

  • RE: Ok, its their first day on the job.

    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,...

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    Steph Brown

    January 1, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    #920072

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