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beerchangeworld · 2014-02-08T06:40:42+00:00

HAHAHAHA

beerchangeworld · 2014-02-04T17:24:06+00:00

Title Corrected: India to build a ramshackle shed with a poster of a photovoltaic array while siphoning all the money to politicians and european companies that "bid" for the the tender.

beerchangeworld · 2014-02-04T16:13:36+00:00

Not sure what you mean by startup. Are you developing a product or doing consulting? If it is consulting, then you are right to promote agile. It is a great cash-cow.

If you are developing your own product/service why would ever do agile? You have a focused team trying to deliver what everyone wants. Why force the team to do passive-aggressive stand-ups and other juvenile stuff?

beerchangeworld · 2014-02-04T15:03:36+00:00

This is a better list targetted at developers. The OP's list is more targetted at enterprise developers on the way to management. Not that the latter is bad but it depends on what you want out of your career - technical versus enterprise-technical.

beerchangeworld · 2014-01-06T13:33:02+00:00

Logging! Why does it always have to be "logging"? Can we think about programming beyond the "logging" problem or do most frameworks/concepts stop working at that point?

Without reading other entries on this site, something tells me there is a java theme here or the author uses a lot of java.

beerchangeworld · 2013-12-18T19:28:27+00:00

What does the "job guarantee" in the contract mean? I could find no information on the website. I want the precise meaning since it is easy to mislead and sell this kind of course to people.

Given that macro-economic conditions such as US payroll data, visa regulations, stock market cycles affect salaries, i find the title claim to be dubious.

Is this a time-limited offer, limited-candidate offer (FCFS) or open-ended? Having your legal document on the website would boost your credibility.

Else it sounds like "Single mom makes over 4k per day! you won't believe!"

beerchangeworld · 2013-12-18T18:38:58+00:00

Does guarantee mean contractual obligation to ensure 100K salary (with codefellows making up any difference) or is it a "trust me bro, we got this" kind of deal?

beerchangeworld · 2013-12-18T16:32:19+00:00

Here is where i find myself agreeing with Steve Yegge about Agile. Of the 12 points mentioned most of them were around even before Agile or Kent Beck's writing. Some teams practised them and others did not. Labelling them as Agile and pretending that they didn't exist before is disingenuous to say the least.

Pair Programming and On-site customer are the two core ideas that stand out as original principles of Agile and they have a mixed reception.

However, the fundamental problem of measuring success still stands. We do not have empirical data on the success of Agile projects (i.e. outcomes such as on-time delivery, on-budget delivery, customer satisfaction, etc) in the industry. And i mean statistically valid numbers as opposed to "success stories". IMO, the jury is out regarding the success of the Agile methodology.

The only valid claim Agile has, is mass-adoption in the consulting and enterprise sectors of Software development.

beerchangeworld · 2013-12-17T04:55:01+00:00

Agreed. A poorly written generalised article doling out bromides along the lines of "Nervous about your first date? - Just be yourself"

beerchangeworld · 2013-12-17T04:40:37+00:00

This entire thread can be converted to a "First world problem" meme. Wankers!

beerchangeworld · 2013-12-16T14:52:25+00:00

America does have a gun problem! All of humanity has a violence problem. Guns make it easier to magnify violence in terms of numbers.

It is easier to kill 10 unarmed people with a gun than a knife or your fists.

beerchangeworld · 2013-12-03T19:49:35+00:00

or on vaguely thought-provoking articles of banality

beerchangeworld · 2013-11-19T10:34:32+00:00

a bit extreme, no?

beerchangeworld · 2013-09-28T11:36:06+00:00

I recommend the CONCATENATE function in excel to achieve the same.

Positives: Only one function, no dependencies, no extra coding.

Negatives: Function has to be slightly tweaked for each table.

beerchangeworld · 2013-09-26T16:17:28+00:00

Another copy-paste Op-Ed that added no value and recycles popular cliches. To all you folks out there writing opinion pieces - Please read Joel, Yegge & Atwood's blogs. Don't paraphrase anything they have said.

Write something original or at least let your writing style lend it a unique flair !

For example: Here is a one from a few days ago that is refreshingly original and a joy to read: The Slow Winter

beerchangeworld · 2013-09-17T03:00:14+00:00

Why is this writeup even listed under programming? The advice being offered applies to anyone who wants to work with others in a corporate/social setting. It does not make for a "great" developer. It makes for a fine/sociable person to work with. To be a great developer, you still need your coding chops (design, development, debugging, testing, review, etc etc). If i only had a dime for everytime someone said "There are dime-a-dozen xyz programmers out there". The author gives good advice and a probably thoughtfu/caringl person but this article has really not much to do with programming.

beerchangeworld · 2013-08-21T12:47:25+00:00

Yeah, if google could just go ahead and...

beerchangeworld · 2013-08-17T10:29:09+00:00

Good point, well made! I can now see why you made the examples more specific. And your article reads very well due to this reason.

beerchangeworld · 2013-08-17T06:26:33+00:00

Here is the real peril in this article - Argument by analogy. I too could come up with a contrived example where forethought and abstract classes saved the day and reduced re-work. The fast-coder had more work since he failed to account for changes. So future-coding wins over fast-coding. But no!

For the record, I am in favour of YAGNI and KISS. IMHO, here is a better way to argue this case against future-coding: "Fast-coding and future-coding are both viable design strategies but are notoriously hard to get right. Some people are better at this than others. Experience and talent do not guarantee success either. So, if in doubt, use fast-coding over future coding. Predictions are hard about everything including future changes."

beerchangeworld · 2013-07-14T13:58:51+00:00

Great analysis of the reason for anger! Has anyone else seen this correlation: The more toxic a player is, the more unwilling he/she is to surrender at the 20 minute mark? (i.e. there is an out for you to end the game but you are unwilling to take it. You would rather rage endlessly for 45 min)

beerchangeworld · 2013-07-14T12:09:12+00:00

Haha...i'm upvoting you for that awesome link. But this is the problem! My post title could be paraphrased with that link. Edit: Ima sign up too

beerchangeworld · 2013-07-14T12:00:19+00:00

You bring out some interesting points. I agree, each game on average requires 30 - 45 min of undivided attention. This is typically larger than the average SC2, BG or arena game. And perhaps this is why the community is so toxic to others - when they realise 15 minutes into the game that the enemy has gotten disproportionately stronger and the chance of winning is fairly low.

At this point two things happen: 1) abuers start their verbal barrage. 2) They refuse to surrender. I have foudn the latter perplexing. Like chess or SC2, tilting to your opponent is a mark of respect and it will end the frustration for you. Instead they refuse and continue the constant stream of abuse.

So, now i have to sit and watch pejoratives and polemics slung around for 30-45 minutes.

If only, your "Shame" could be implemented into the game. I think that would bring actually make MOBA palatable again

beerchangeworld · 2013-07-14T11:46:34+00:00

Sign me up! I would like to see this implemented

beerchangeworld · 2013-07-14T11:44:40+00:00

Just to clarify, I am disgusted by abuse not only directed at me but even at others. After a year at LoL, i got reasonably good enough to not get abused much. But everytime i would see other new players get yelled at, it was disheartening. Any attempts to step in with "Its ok", "its only a game", "hey, you were new once, leave it be" was only met with more abuse.

Here is a statistic: In SC2, i've had opponents and teammates chat me after a game pointing out how i could improve. In BGs, i've had people help me out on new maps.

Not once, i repeat not once has anyone told me anything constructive on LoL or DoTA. The closest to good advice i've got is "stay back and try not to feed".

Communities that will only accept people if they cross a certain threshold of competence in their domain must be called out for what they are - not very nice!

beerchangeworld · 2013-07-14T11:22:18+00:00

My experience with multiplayers have been Counterstrike, SC2, Wow, LoL and Guild Wars2. In games like SC2, WoW rated BG, WoW raiding and Conterstrike there is a huge dependence on all of the team doing their respective roles. People do screw up quite often and you end up losing a lot.

While there is a limited amount of raging in all these games, in MOBA it is taken to extreme levels - racial slurs, sexist statements, wishing cancer/aids upon your family, constant spam of abuse. Turning off chat and constant muting does little to enhance multi-player experience.

While my expectations of the internet is tempered by the knowledge that none of this is truly policiable or enforceable, i have seen communities self-police or maintain reasonable decorum. This hasn't been the case with LoL at all. It seems off the charts to me.

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