GilaMonster (3/16/2015)

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The worst comment I've ever seen (as opposed to one I wrote) was in MS Access. The previous developer had written a lot of profanity-filled comments. Anyone who's worked...

below86 (3/13/2015)

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Phil Parkin (3/13/2015)

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Gary Varga (3/13/2015)

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Yes!!! Commented out code. That's what source code control is for. If you need to leave a reference to old code then just leave a...

Good to know I'm not alone. 😀

Gary Varga (11/14/2014)

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I saw a concert recently where so many people where not watching and enjoying the performers but were watching through their mobiles like they were cameramen and women....

I try to set expectations when people ask me for help. "Yes, I can help you, but I won't be able to start working on it until..." or "Yes,...

I don't know about you, but nobody ever seems to want to give me time. It's always a...

Dalkeith (7/9/2014)

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I must admit I like to give users an opportunity to attempt to solve their own problems as I see this as having several benefits..

1)They quickly get a better...

Maybe I'm taking this too much from a developer's stand point, but I'd like to add "don't just think about today's problems, think about tomorrow's problems too" By which...

We had one here a few years ago. There was a consultant that designed a database and application for us. A few months after he left, his AD...

I hooked up my old SNES to a projector...

rodney.hardrick (5/13/2014)

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However, I found that when I got to the real world I needed more experience with software development methodologies, software project planning (e.g. providing a true time estimate based...

Thomas Abraham (5/13/2014)

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I even put them in teams to have them get used to working with other people to get something done. And I picked the teams. They complained about...

I keep toying with the idea of a doctorate, but...

Tobar (5/13/2014)

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I think you need both. I was classically trained, if there is such a thing in computer science, with theory and all. I work with too many "home grown"...

I've a Computer Science degree. I did some practical stuff, but that really didn't transfer well to the business world. The school also had a lot of theory...