We do have very good and well trusted developers and fairly good processes and systems for bug tracking and so on...
We are a PeopleSoft site and our problem is that the complexities of releasing changes has become an issue for quality, we are concerned about developers overwriting other developer's changes because of the poor release tools we're using rather than the professionalism of the staff. We have a dedicated release team and each week we release our latest updates to the system.
Throw in PeopleSoft patches and it becomes a challenge. It is enough of an issue for us to run a project to rectify the problem but we haven't really had too many problems with this (yet)...
Its foolish to this that conscientious project managers in industry do not do the things that this article does.
There is more to running a successful software project than cutting code. There's making sure the product meets the user needs, training and budgets (cause programmers with lives outside of work like to get paid).
Tell the truth all the time
Trust the team
Review everything, test everything
All developers are created equal
The fastest way through the project is to do it right
My wife and I have a two year old and after my wife had ultrasounds the statistics showed that she had a 1:100 chance of Downs we decided to be "conservative" as the specialists said and go ahead with the pregnancy (we did not do the amniocentesis test). Jocelyn is now two and does not have Downs and is a bundle of joy.
Downs males generally cannot reproduce and Downs females have a 50% chance of a child with Downs (which is too much of a risk I probably agree but that's up to the person with Downs to decide).
I think you should think about what your mother did to the gene pool!!! Have you been checked for Asperger's syndrome? You seem to have the lack of social grace that is required for this disease. You have responded anonymously to a person who is going through a stressful time.
Hope it gets in but unfortunately there are only seven out of 76 Australian senators that are Democrats (and from the 1st of July 2005 they lose three of them). They have no members in the lower house and are a minor party unlike their US namesakes - flamebait???
They'll love slashdot, this is probably the most attention that they've had for a while.
My wife and I also have a large family, our youngest is 18 months but our oldest is 15 (going on 30 of course).
I like your sister's method, I think we'll use it for getting the dishes done.
Miss 15 has had unrestricted access to the computer (ie supervised but able use with similar rules in place as her access to the TV, Video & CD player) since she was 5 and is very comfortable with it.
One night recently I woke up to a noise in the house, got my shotgun (figuratively speaking) and went out to investigate and found Miss 15 on the net at 3:30am, she'd gone to bed at 9:00pm but woke up and decided to chat to some friends in another time zone.
We then enabled the time restrictions in Net Nanny to stop access after 11:00pm.
A few things we've done:
1. We have Net Nanny, a firewall, virus checker etc but don't really rely too much on them too much; they're always behind the latest "problem".
2. We have a roster system that the kids can book times on the computer with, they cannot book the daylight hours unless it is for school work.
3. I think the smartest thing we've done is to have the computer in a highly visible place in the house - it's in the main living area, sure it looks messy but we can always keep a casual eye on what is going on. Having said this we don't look too closely, I knock and ask permission before entering Miss Fifteen's room so I also don't invade her computer privacy. They are aware that we are around however.
4. We do not allow TVs, Videos etc or Computers in the kids rooms, (we do have a portable TV they can move into their room to watch a single show if the other two TVs are in use but it has to be returned to the garage after use.
5. We go for console games more than PC games as multi player games are a good way to spend times with the kids, my five year old son loves kicking my butt in GT3.
6. We also read to all our kids before bed (well not to the ones who can read, they have the habit now) since a really young age, now they are all readers. Reading and writing are a practical skill and the more they do it the better. At the moment I am reading the third Harry Potter to Mr Five and Miss Ten is listening too so it's still working.
As Professor (Mad Eye) Moody says: "CONSTANT VIGILANCE";-)
Sorry Dude, I think its because of his other hobby, He says, "During our summer vacation in 2003, my wife and I amused ourselves by taking leisurely drives in Ohio and photographing every diamond-shaped highway sign that we saw along the roadsides."
I'd like to tell you about this one and I'm glad slow people have somewhere for their kids to go and play.
I suggest moving to Australia - its been a little warm today (34c/93f) so we spent all day in the swimming pool, the Mrs even entertained me my wearing her bikini;-)
Sounds like it could be the Emperor's new clothes to me, but me thinks it would be use for a new line of lingerie... "Honest honey those new nickers for you cost me a fortune..."
There is an interesting quote in the article that says: "Perhaps a search engine is important enough to be treated as a regulated utility, the same way that water, gas, and the cables over which search requests travel are. Google is good, most netizens seem to think, but what if it weren't?"
If it weren't good the principles of free enterprise would kick in a Google would no longer be important... One of the hundred other search engines would become king of the pile. Remember Google is the third or fourth search engine that has been THE search engine. This is not a monsterous company with Billions of Assets like Microsoft or Standard Oil etc.
Google is a reasonably small company doing what they do, and doing it well.
Where do I send the cheque??? It promises to "put an end to back-seat bickering among grumpy siblings during long family car trips". I don't care how it works or how much it costs I want it...
This is an excellent technique... Often it will be be the right tool for the problem. Sometimes it will be a debugger (I like gdb myself) and sometimes it will be a fprintf(logfile,...), sometimes it will be a break, a coffee or checking out slashdot for half an hour.
Hopefully however nice development techniques including writing test cases while you code and maybe even pair programming will help you to not get the problem in the first place.
But if you get in trouble use any technique you can to sort it out. (I worked with a guy who used to throw his mouse at the monitor to releave the stress, each to their own...)
Slashdot Mirror
Well just for one thing really...
I'm a programmer, I don't have any friends...
Thankyou for your response.
We do have very good and well trusted developers and fairly good processes and systems for bug tracking and so on...
We are a PeopleSoft site and our problem is that the complexities of releasing changes has become an issue for quality, we are concerned about developers overwriting other developer's changes because of the poor release tools we're using rather than the professionalism of the staff. We have a dedicated release team and each week we release our latest updates to the system.
Throw in PeopleSoft patches and it becomes a challenge. It is enough of an issue for us to run a project to rectify the problem but we haven't really had too many problems with this (yet)...
Its foolish to this that conscientious project managers in industry do not do the things that this article does.
There is more to running a successful software project than cutting code. There's making sure the product meets the user needs, training and budgets (cause programmers with lives outside of work like to get paid).
Tell the truth all the time
Trust the team
Review everything, test everything
All developers are created equal
The fastest way through the project is to do it right
That's a good start, how about the rest???
Had one in my front yard last week, just below the 3 foot boulder retaining wall. "Looks like I need me a nine iron", I said.
I wacked that bugger from here to eternity. I'm not sharing my heamaroid cream with anyone mate...
They tried but she complained about them complaining about her
My wife and I have a two year old and after my wife had ultrasounds the statistics showed that she had a 1:100 chance of Downs we decided to be "conservative" as the specialists said and go ahead with the pregnancy (we did not do the amniocentesis test). Jocelyn is now two and does not have Downs and is a bundle of joy.
Downs males generally cannot reproduce and Downs females have a 50% chance of a child with Downs (which is too much of a risk I probably agree but that's up to the person with Downs to decide).
I think you should think about what your mother did to the gene pool!!! Have you been checked for Asperger's syndrome? You seem to have the lack of social grace that is required for this disease. You have responded anonymously to a person who is going through a stressful time.
Hope it gets in but unfortunately there are only seven out of 76 Australian senators that are Democrats (and from the 1st of July 2005 they lose three of them). They have no members in the lower house and are a minor party unlike their US namesakes - flamebait???
They'll love slashdot, this is probably the most attention that they've had for a while.
Excellent, after 200 years we'll be a penal colony once again...
I can't wait - my Golf handicap will go way down... Do you think they'll let me transfer my handycap home with me???
Interesting post:
;-)
My wife and I also have a large family, our youngest is 18 months but our oldest is 15 (going on 30 of course).
I like your sister's method, I think we'll use it for getting the dishes done.
Miss 15 has had unrestricted access to the computer (ie supervised but able use with similar rules in place as her access to the TV, Video & CD player) since she was 5 and is very comfortable with it.
One night recently I woke up to a noise in the house, got my shotgun (figuratively speaking) and went out to investigate and found Miss 15 on the net at 3:30am, she'd gone to bed at 9:00pm but woke up and decided to chat to some friends in another time zone.
We then enabled the time restrictions in Net Nanny to stop access after 11:00pm.
A few things we've done:
1. We have Net Nanny, a firewall, virus checker etc but don't really rely too much on them too much; they're always behind the latest "problem".
2. We have a roster system that the kids can book times on the computer with, they cannot book the daylight hours unless it is for school work.
3. I think the smartest thing we've done is to have the computer in a highly visible place in the house - it's in the main living area, sure it looks messy but we can always keep a casual eye on what is going on. Having said this we don't look too closely, I knock and ask permission before entering Miss Fifteen's room so I also don't invade her computer privacy. They are aware that we are around however.
4. We do not allow TVs, Videos etc or Computers in the kids rooms, (we do have a portable TV they can move into their room to watch a single show if the other two TVs are in use but it has to be returned to the garage after use.
5. We go for console games more than PC games as multi player games are a good way to spend times with the kids, my five year old son loves kicking my butt in GT3.
6. We also read to all our kids before bed (well not to the ones who can read, they have the habit now) since a really young age, now they are all readers. Reading and writing are a practical skill and the more they do it the better. At the moment I am reading the third Harry Potter to Mr Five and Miss Ten is listening too so it's still working.
As Professor (Mad Eye) Moody says: "CONSTANT VIGILANCE"
I simply cannot accept what you said... When I paid her the money she said she loved me... I'm sure she meant it.... She did didn't she???
Sorry Dude, I think its because of his other hobby, He says, "During our summer vacation in 2003, my wife and I amused ourselves by taking leisurely drives in Ohio and photographing every diamond-shaped highway sign that we saw along the roadsides."
I'd like to tell you about this one and I'm glad slow people have somewhere for their kids to go and play.
They sure have funny signs in Ohio
Don't worry mate... I speak an open source version of English known as Australian and I don't follow either. I think he's a speakin' crapinese.
That's ridiculous... God's tears cause rain not thunder... Thor's hammer causes thunder and lightning...
I suggest moving to Australia - its been a little warm today (34c/93f) so we spent all day in the swimming pool, the Mrs even entertained me my wearing her bikini ;-)
Sounds like it could be the Emperor's new clothes to me, but me thinks it would be use for a new line of lingerie... "Honest honey those new nickers for you cost me a fortune..."
There is an interesting quote in the article that says: "Perhaps a search engine is important enough to be treated as a regulated utility, the same way that water, gas, and the cables over which search requests travel are. Google is good, most netizens seem to think, but what if it weren't?" If it weren't good the principles of free enterprise would kick in a Google would no longer be important... One of the hundred other search engines would become king of the pile. Remember Google is the third or fourth search engine that has been THE search engine. This is not a monsterous company with Billions of Assets like Microsoft or Standard Oil etc. Google is a reasonably small company doing what they do, and doing it well.
Yep, I think they all sleep between the Gold Coast and Brisbane on the five o'clock run
I am sure lots of people drive with their eyes closed. It is the only possible explanation for the weird crap I see on the freeway everyday.
Where do I send the cheque??? It promises to "put an end to back-seat bickering among grumpy siblings during long family car trips". I don't care how it works or how much it costs I want it...
This is an excellent technique... Often it will be be the right tool for the problem. Sometimes it will be a debugger (I like gdb myself) and sometimes it will be a fprintf(logfile,...), sometimes it will be a break, a coffee or checking out slashdot for half an hour. Hopefully however nice development techniques including writing test cases while you code and maybe even pair programming will help you to not get the problem in the first place. But if you get in trouble use any technique you can to sort it out. (I worked with a guy who used to throw his mouse at the monitor to releave the stress, each to their own...)
Maybe cause if they're online they're too hard to burn (kinda reminds me of a book I read once...)