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Your meter is probably faulty :)
Commented Nov 26, 2012 on For a Bit of Colored Ribbon at Coding Horror
For a Bit of Colored Ribbon
For the last year or so, I've been getting these two page energy assessment reports in the mail from Pacific Gas & Electric, our California utility company, comparing our household's energy use to those of the houses around us. Here's the relevant excerpts from the latest report; click throug...
Resharper (visual studio plug-in) shows errors as you type...every other ide does too btw. Visual Studio is embarassing compared to other IDEs quite honestly.
Commented Mar 30, 2012 on Visualizing Code to Fail Faster at Coding Horror
Visualizing Code to Fail Faster
In What You Can't See You Can't Get I mentioned in passing how frustrated I was that the state of the art in code editors and IDE has advanced so little since 2003. A number of commenters pointed out the amazing Bret Victor talk Inventing on Principle. I hadn't seen this, but thanks for mention...
eh...too much of a PITA to get a job with you Jeff :) If a company needs that much time/info to decide, then I probably already got another offer somewhere else.
Commented Mar 6, 2012 on How to Hire a Programmer at Coding Horror
How to Hire a Programmer
There's no magic bullet for hiring programmers. But I can share advice on a few techniques that I've seen work, that I've written about here and personally tried out over the years. 1. First, pass a few simple "Hello World" online tests. I know it sounds crazy, but some people who call themse...
That's 5 minutes I'll never get back
Commented Oct 25, 2010 on The Keyboard Cult at Coding Horror
The Keyboard Cult
As a guy who spends most of his day typing words on a screen, it's hard for me to take touch computing seriously. I love my iPhone 4, and smartphones are the ultimate utility belt item, but attempting to compose any kind of text on the thing is absolutely crippling. It is a reasonable compromis...
Pfff...it's easy to just say "they can't even program", but at the very least you should tell us what questions you're asking. Maybe the guy who wrote that article is a complete tool on the phone and very off putting...who knows. Easy to throw grenades.
Commented Feb 22, 2010 on The Non-Programming Programmer at Coding Horror
The Non-Programming Programmer
I find it difficult to believe, but the reports keep pouring in via Twitter and email: many candidates who show up for programming job interviews can't program. At all. Consider this recent email from Mike Lin: The article Why Can't Programmers... Program? changed the way I did interviews. I ...
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