No..that's still a human process. A release manager decides which builds are released to QA for testing on a schedule (and then branches those releases that QA passes off into builds to be deployed to the clients for their testing).
On my current project, we've used Cruise Control for continuous integration and to run our suite of Junit tests (2500 tests and counting now) for the last 20 months or so..on a largish J2EE app (800+ ejbs, 30 developers, 3 distinct client builds), it makes sense and helps keep in check the stability of the app..
Well, if you follow the conventions, then you would know if it was x or X (member variables always start with a small letter, static final constants are upper case, etc..)
CD-Rs for backing up data and CD copies, and TiVo for recording off the TV..I thought about a DVD recorder as a VCR replacement, but the TiVo seems to do that quite adequately..
I've been using Java since '96 off-and-on. I've been on a J2EE project for the last 2 years. It's not a perfect language, but I definitely prefer it to C++ and Objective-C which I did in the early to mid '90s, and hopefully I'll never touch a Perl script again (I used to do some Perl--a most painful and ugly language).
I've got a BS and MS in CS and worked on a Ph.D. I've been in the game over a decade and there have been some bumps in the road, but I'm still enjoying it... I'm doing J2EE development and architecture work these days.
Yes, but in the US, without a college education, there isn't much career hope beyond a fast food McJob or Wal-Mart. Blue-collar manufacturing jobs have been dying out in the US for decades.
Got to have interests outside of technology.
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After work, I spend my time on non-computer hobbies and other things I enjoy (skiing, mountain biking, off-roading, movies, music,home theather, cars, friends, dating, travel, etc). It's important to have a life outside of the biz, IMHO.
I do read some each week and experiment with personal programming projects to stay current.
Currently, I do design/architecture and some Java coding at work (50-60 hr work weeks) in a corporate setting. I'm not sure what I'm going to do long-term in the industry--I've been doing Java since '96 and C/C++ in grad school before that--maybe get back into contracting.
I don't really desire to go into management, but I do enjoy the six-figure salary I've got now and wouldn't want to give that up.
I can see that..the tech job market here in Co has been way off the last 3 years. I've lived in Colorado 7 years...5 years in Colorado Springs and now 2 years in Denver...I've seen boom and bust times in tech here..
Yeah, not a lot in tech seems to be going on in Phoenix. Over the last couple of years, I've been looking at from Denver to Phoenix and found very little going on there (J2EE development). Colorado's been in a downturn for about 3 years now, but it's getting better as far I can tell.
I don't watch much TV either..in the last decade, the only shows I've regularly watched have been The Simpsons, The X-Files, The Sopranos, The Wire, Futurama, CSI, and various BBC America Monday night crime dramas...
There's a reason cell phones have vibrate mode and voice mail...I put mine on vibrate when I'm in a restuarant, check it if it rings, and excuse myself and step outside to return the call, if it is urgent. Otherwise, call back later. In movie theatres, museums, etc I just turn it off..
Or brain-washing..maybe it could be used to reprogram the minds of hard-core MS developers and get them to like all things that are good (Unix, OS X, Java)...:)
That's a standard commute in many places, not just California. We have it here also in Colorado. I used to commute 60 miles each way to work (from Colorado Springs to Denver). I now live in Denver, and have several coworkers doing 40-60 mile (each way) commutes. That is the reality of the current job market (the market in the Springs is dead for non military work).
Yes, there are many positive qualities to the Midwest. I'm from a small town in Eastern Ohio and lived in the Cleveland area, Ann Arbor, Michigan (I loved Ann Arbor), and Chicago before moving to Colorado 7 years ago. The #1 reason I don't see myself moving back to the Midwest is the generally horrible climate--dark gloomy damp cold winters, hot and sticky summers.
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No..that's still a human process. A release manager decides which builds are released to QA for testing on a schedule (and then branches those releases that QA passes off into builds to be deployed to the clients for their testing).
'Fahrt Nacht Bumplitz' ? I saw that headline whilst reading a German newspaper whilst riding an Italian train a few months ago..
On my current project, we've used Cruise Control for continuous integration and to run our suite of Junit tests (2500 tests and counting now) for the last 20 months or so..on a largish J2EE app (800+ ejbs, 30 developers, 3 distinct client builds), it makes sense and helps keep in check the stability of the app..
Well, if you follow the conventions, then you would know if it was x or X (member variables always start with a small letter, static final constants are upper case, etc..)
CD-Rs for backing up data and CD copies, and TiVo for recording off the TV..I thought about a DVD recorder as a VCR replacement, but the TiVo seems to do that quite adequately..
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I've been using Java since '96 off-and-on. I've been on a J2EE project for the last 2 years. It's not a perfect language, but I definitely prefer it to C++ and Objective-C which I did in the early to mid '90s, and hopefully I'll never touch a Perl script again (I used to do some Perl--a most painful and ugly language).
I've got a BS and MS in CS and worked on a Ph.D. I've been in the game over a decade and there have been some bumps in the road, but I'm still enjoying it... I'm doing J2EE development and architecture work these days.
Yes, but in the US, without a college education, there isn't much career hope beyond a fast food McJob or Wal-Mart. Blue-collar manufacturing jobs have been dying out in the US for decades.
After work, I spend my time on non-computer hobbies and other things I enjoy (skiing, mountain biking, off-roading, movies, music,home theather, cars, friends, dating, travel, etc). It's important to have a life outside of the biz, IMHO. I do read some each week and experiment with personal programming projects to stay current. Currently, I do design/architecture and some Java coding at work (50-60 hr work weeks) in a corporate setting. I'm not sure what I'm going to do long-term in the industry--I've been doing Java since '96 and C/C++ in grad school before that--maybe get back into contracting. I don't really desire to go into management, but I do enjoy the six-figure salary I've got now and wouldn't want to give that up.
I can see that..the tech job market here in Co has been way off the last 3 years. I've lived in Colorado 7 years...5 years in Colorado Springs and now 2 years in Denver...I've seen boom and bust times in tech here..
Yeah, not a lot in tech seems to be going on in Phoenix. Over the last couple of years, I've been looking at from Denver to Phoenix and found very little going on there (J2EE development). Colorado's been in a downturn for about 3 years now, but it's getting better as far I can tell.
That is the telegraph I'm referring to (19th century invention, I believe).
Weren't Americans doing this in the 1800s (i.e. the century before the last century)?
I don't watch much TV either..in the last decade, the only shows I've regularly watched have been The Simpsons, The X-Files, The Sopranos, The Wire, Futurama, CSI, and various BBC America Monday night crime dramas...
There's a reason cell phones have vibrate mode and voice mail...I put mine on vibrate when I'm in a restuarant, check it if it rings, and excuse myself and step outside to return the call, if it is urgent. Otherwise, call back later. In movie theatres, museums, etc I just turn it off..
Yeah, breastfed infants see nipples at an early age...no big deal.
Or brain-washing..maybe it could be used to reprogram the minds of hard-core MS developers and get them to like all things that are good (Unix, OS X, Java)...:)
Britney, Christina Agulerra...ugh...now Naomi Watts, Hallie Berry, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Tori Amos, or Rene Russo---I'd be interested.. :)
That's a standard commute in many places, not just California. We have it here also in Colorado. I used to commute 60 miles each way to work (from Colorado Springs to Denver). I now live in Denver, and have several coworkers doing 40-60 mile (each way) commutes. That is the reality of the current job market (the market in the Springs is dead for non military work).
Yes, there are many positive qualities to the Midwest. I'm from a small town in Eastern Ohio and lived in the Cleveland area, Ann Arbor, Michigan (I loved Ann Arbor), and Chicago before moving to Colorado 7 years ago. The #1 reason I don't see myself moving back to the Midwest is the generally horrible climate--dark gloomy damp cold winters, hot and sticky summers.