politics
There is much I take for granted in my life, and the normal functioning of American government is one of those things. In my 46 years, I’ve lived under nine different presidents. The first I remember is Carter. I’ve voted in every presidential election since 1992, but I
management
Do you manage other programmers, in any capacity? Then take Kathy Sierra's quiz: 1. Do you pride yourself on being "on top of" the projects or your direct reports? Do you have a solid grasp of the details of every project? 2. Do you believe that
software development concepts
It takes discipline for development teams to benefit from modern software engineering conventions. If your team doesn't have the right kind of engineering discipline, the tools and processes you use are almost irrelevant. I advocated as much in Discipline Makes Strong Developers. But some commenters were understandably apprehensive
management
Via Scott Hanselman [http://www.hanselman.com/blog/25RulesOfManagement.aspx]: > I've been reading as much as I can on how to be an effective manager lately. For a number of reasons, mostly internal, but also because in a recent lunch Chris Sells said (something like): "If