@ben ward. I agree with most of what you said. Obviously developers have the same ability to learn, retain and apply a huge array of complex technical material...

Gary Varga (9/9/2016)

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...whilst being prepared to change course as we learn...

I've hired two people on the basis of them asking a really interesting question. A mind that can think of an interesting question is one that will find a...

There's not that can be added here.

The times I use a cursor are when I can't find a set based way of doing something. In which case I tend...

In Yorkshire I believe both are called a Learning Bat.

Joking aside it takes considerable time and energy to...

djblyth (9/8/2016)

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Yeah, I wanted to say the same but i thought it might sound too 'high brow'.

Actually though, I think techies often begin with the expectation that a non-techie...

Some of the best training I have had has not been technical. It has been soft skills related. I learned an important concept called "managing up". This...

Excellent editorial.

I am an Aspie so life is one long foot in the mouth experience. One of the hardest lessons to learn is that something I am passionate about...

A lot of companies are transitioning to DevOps. The delay is likely due to cultural issues although certain traditional software is highly resistant to scripted deployments.

From what I can...

In a past life I worked in a company that provided web sites using CMSs. At the time these things had quite complicated infrastructure requirements if you wanted to...

The phrase I would use would be "choose files over database tables". That isn't slamming the door on using tables, its just saying that in most cases would be...

Has anyone had any experience of an NDA/NCA being enforced?

Yes we sign these things up front but what happens from a practical stand point if they are breached? Not...

I can remember when vb.net came out. I was in a development role at the time and two of my colleagues had honours degrees in software engineering. Very...

My definition of good enough would be significantly lower if the"we promise to fix this if it causes problems" was a firm commitment rather than an outright lie.

There's nothing like...

I've not taken holidays because job changes meant that I've lost holiday allowance but I cannot think of an occasion when I've thought "I'm glad I didn't use my holiday...