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  • RE: Overcoming Proposal Objections

    eric.notheisen (12/8/2014)


    I went back into programming in 1995 to avoid office politics.

    Good luck with that...difficult to find positions that have near zero office politics but they do exist. For a...

  • RE: Overcoming Proposal Objections

    What is good for the department is not necessarily good for the company 🙁

  • RE: Overcoming Proposal Objections

    OCTom (12/5/2014)


    Gary Varga (12/5/2014)


    Fortunately, most people in IT that I have come across have little interest in personal accolades. Kudos from their peers is a different matter. Basically, most people...

  • RE: Overcoming Proposal Objections

    Fortunately, most people in IT that I have come across have little interest in personal accolades. Kudos from their peers is a different matter. Basically, most people in IT have...

  • RE: What Have You Learned Lately?

    manie (12/4/2014)


    Thanks Steve, today I have thanks to you learned about PSR and I am definitely going to use it. Many times when you install software on a computer and...

  • RE: What Have You Learned Lately?

    The skill that I am picking up at the moment (and one that I thought that I would NEVER do) is COBOL.

    Sometimes I have to think twice about it before...

  • RE: Your Best Work

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/3/2014)


    Matt Miller (#4) (12/2/2014)


    I think I'd answer the question with a question: by which standard are you measuring "best"?

    Best is what you bring up....

  • RE: Your Best Work

    Ed Wagner (12/3/2014)


    I believe that talent and attitude are the key attributes everyone looks for in a candidate.

    Without talent, you can have the best attitude in the world and while...

  • RE: Facebooking Up to Your Social Responsibilities

    There is no point offloading "policing" duties to technology companies as they will just send all positives to the appropriate authoroties. This will lead them to being snowed under and...

  • RE: The Value of Code

    marcia.j.wilson (12/2/2014)


    GeorgeCopeland (12/2/2014)


    Matt Miller (#4) (12/2/2014)


    True - at very least they should purchase the 600-odd page spefification manual for you first, :hehe:

    There is not much that I can do for...

  • RE: Your Best Work

    ccd3000 (12/2/2014)


    I put a premium on passion but not over talent. Take Joe DiMaggio for example, he hated baseball and never liked it, but was one of it's best players...

  • RE: Always Canary

    I am sure that many people will have experience of using feature flags, albeit possibly under a different name, for a long time. I have decades ago (as a junior...

  • RE: Always Canary

    David.Poole (12/3/2014)


    I've been looking at a product called "Docker" which allows you to spin up a pre-configured machine...

    Microsoft has announced that they are going to support Docker and use it...

  • RE: Your Best Work

    I don't see enthusiasm so much of a positive indicator but I do see lack of enthusiasm as a negative indicator. I know it is a subtle difference but I...

  • RE: The Value of Code

    Robert.Sterbal (12/2/2014)


    ...You need to listen to them to figure out where their most valuable roadblocks are.

    ...if permitted to do so. Unbelievably the number of places that this is disallowed is...

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