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What are the skills that distinguish a programmer from a hack?
Started by zsharp on
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by 18 people.
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The ability to analyze a problem and design an appropriate solution instead of just throwing code ... .
The willingness and ability to learn new things from other developers .
People skills are one thing that differentiate a programmer from a hack.
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Many companies require a programmer to have a couple of years of experience before they will consider them for a position. With that in mind what role should experienced/established programmers play in lobbying and "opening doors" for younger developers...
Started by Achilles on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
It is good to teach, it helps cement things I've learned recently in my mind at least... .
However, given the extreme shortage of competent developers I think this will happen anyway if a young developer shows promise .
I don't think there's any obligation.
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My company, a C++ house, is always looking to hire recent grads. However due to the Java Schools phenomenon, we typically end up interviewing strong Java programmers with maybe a minute smattering of C++. Often the C++ classes don't really prepare students...
Started by Doug T. on
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by 24 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Java programmwer would fit right into a C# house, as well as a C++ developer... .
The real question is : Is this programmer smart enough for us to invest the learning time? The smarter, the less time he needs to learn.
Depends on programmer IQ.
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Not a repeat of the "Keyboard For Programmers" question, though that one is certainly worth reading.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/687/keyboard-for-programmers
I know there are a few keyboards out there with programmable function keys, but let's ...
Started by John Booty on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Alas, it apparently hasn't been released....
Optimus Aux has OLED screens embedded in every key to show what function is currently assigned to it, and it can be configured on a per-application basis .
The Optimus Aux is the closest thing to what you describe .
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I was a Adabas/Natural and Cobol mainframe programmer for 16 years ending in 2002. I have a vast amount of experience in the analysis, design, development, testing, implementation and documentation of online and batch applications. I would like to get...
Started by Angela Smith on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
I cannot give suggestions, but....
I suggest to take a look into Microsoft Learning and to look for some classroom training .
Maybe your could to take some classes for Microsoft Official Curriculum; that isn't advanced, but cover basic concepts very well .
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I have heard this question from colleagues, friends and even certain family members:
"What is the easiest way to script/program/let my computer do stuff without me having to be a full fledged programmer."
I my opinion this is C# and .Net. How easy can...
Started by reinier on
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by 47 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
It scales up to enterprise projects very well, but it doesn't scale down to "I just want to do this one operation to every file in the directory... .
I suspect C# would be a bad choice personally.
You'd really need to find out exactly what they want to achieve .
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Yesterday I had a team leader of another team say that they took a while to figure out something I wrote on a wiki page because I referred to obtaining code from source control as "checking out" which apparently confused them. They said that they were...
Started by digiarnie on
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by 6 people.
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A team manager , on the other hand, can either be a coder or someone who is just well organised and knows when to ask questions... .
A team leader has to be a coder -- they can't lead the team unless the team respects them and where they're taking everyone .
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I'm working in a corporate environment where the mindset is hugely dominated by people who started programming with COBOL IMS and CICS. Today most of them program with more modern languages like Java. But If you look at their code and design decisions...
Started by tobidope on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
It's essentially....
Try to set an example with your own coding style and gently point out their mistakes during code reviews .
The best way to learn how code should look is to read good code .
Buy them a copy of "Code Complete" and have them write a book report .
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I work in a shop that is divided into two types of programmers. Programmers that code in .net & sql and programmers that code in pick . Actually, a few of the programmers are writing code in both pick and .net. I was curious if there are any pick programmers...
Started by Coov on
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by 17 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
It was a great time and I stuck with them for... .
While I was still in high school (1995 or 96) I got an opportunity to intern with the IT department of a local manufacturing company developing on a pick system .
Wow, I haven't touched pick in a long time.
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Hello,
I have to write a programmer guide. What is the general structure of the programmer guide?
Started by Sundar on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
It is relatively straightforward....
Here is a typical style the government uses.
Read reviews on websites like Amazon and see what people recommend here, and for what reasons .
I suggest you look at some other programming guides, see what they do and avoid .
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