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Given what's available in the field, if you're going to put your applicants through all that, it had better be one amazing job.
Commented Mar 7, 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...
People say there's some sort of law of diminishing returns, but I haven't found it yet. My 7-screen setup is working just fine for me :)
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Commented Feb 6, 2011 on Multiple Monitors and Productivity at Coding Horror
Multiple Monitors and Productivity
I found an interesting blog post about a small, informal multiple monitor productivity study. A number of developers, with some nudging from me, have gravitated to multiple monitor setups over the last year. Based on that experience, I wholeheartedly agree with the study survey results: On ave...
"Buying RAM is for people who don't know how to write Algorithms." -- Me, just now.
Commented Jan 21, 2011 on 24 Gigabytes of Memory Ought to be Enough for Anybody at Coding Horror
24 Gigabytes of Memory Ought to be Enough for Anybody
Are you familiar with this quote? 640K [of computer memory] ought to be enough for anybody. — Bill Gates It's amusing, but Bill Gates never actually said that: I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amou...
@Shmulevich: F-15s have a handle on the outboard leading edges of the seat, near the thighs. There is a safety lever on the left one that locks both of them in place. On ACES 2 ejection seats, anyway.
See this pic:
Commented Mar 26, 2010 on The Opposite of Fitts' Law at Coding Horror
The Opposite of Fitts' Law
If you've ever wrangled a user interface, you've probably heard of Fitts' Law. It's pretty simple -- the larger an item is, and the closer it is to your cursor, the easier it is to click on. Kevin Hale put together a great visual summary of Fitts' Law, so rather than over-explain it, I'll refer...
It is worth pointing out that many fighter ejection levers are protected by yet another lever that must be moved out of the way on purpose before the primary ejection lever can be pulled. Also, when not in flight, a safety pin prevents it from being pulled at all.
I analogize this to an "Advanced" button/tab/etc with a disclaimer that generally says something like "Don't fiddle with things you don't understand, or the universe will implode".
Commented Mar 26, 2010 on The Opposite of Fitts' Law at Coding Horror
The Opposite of Fitts' Law
If you've ever wrangled a user interface, you've probably heard of Fitts' Law. It's pretty simple -- the larger an item is, and the closer it is to your cursor, the easier it is to click on. Kevin Hale put together a great visual summary of Fitts' Law, so rather than over-explain it, I'll refer...
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