I guess in Uncle Bob's example it's pretty hard to imagine that the dev's didn't know what they were doing and that what they were doing was surely against some...

Hey Steve,
I'm not convinced by the "I just did what my boss told me to do" model.
If we want to be taken seriously as a profession - rather...

Valuable point!

Agreed. In fact you want to avoid the money question as long as possible.

There is only one thing certain and that is whomever mentions money first loses. If...

I'm with Gary. We all get faced with unexpected situations from time to time and the interesting bit here is NOT the answer, but how the candidate (or me)...

Desks on wheels is an interesting idea.

I used to work at very "free flowing" organization. The furniture was simple standard cube farm fare.

We didn't have desks on wheels...

You can try the Chloe O'Brian (from 24) approach. This isn't word for word but it's close. "It takes longer when you stand there asking questions!"

Thank you. I tried several searches before posting. Clearly I failed to hit on the magic search sauce.

Hey Steve,

I'm interested in your statement that team fit is important. I happen to agree with you.

You might want to consult your HR department on this - if you...

I'm with David. If you have enough RAM then the important (ie popular) data stays in memory anyway. If you don't have enough RAM then a memory DB...

When I look at the article none of the images show up? I see no other comments in the forum - is it just me? For ex...

Take a look at this article. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html.

OK now I've blown Eric's servers out of the water, when someone asks a question that clearly indicates they have not tried...