I disagree. As with near anything, it's a balance. Problem/designs that require deep thinking and concentration are not effectively done in a group. Often on complex problems I've found more time is spent on keeping everyone on the same page than actually addressing the problem (disk swapping, if you will). Frequent interruption to "bounce ideas" is _not_ an effective use of time as countless studies have shown. Recurring meetings are a better venue for this type of discussion, just add it to your discussion queue unless it's urgent.

Right, because writing software is just like plugging in to the quadratic equation, and any monkey or "n00b" can do it. I'm extremely curious what field you're in that you have this perspective.

This comment is exactly the mentality that I struggle to comprehend. How is the misdirection offensive? We do this all the time with other subjects, and no offense is given, often it's celebrated (see "rick rolling"). I guarantee you that your "non-asshole" version would have offended quite a few, simply for bringing it up on the sacred day. I'm offended you're cowing to notions of offense for no damned reason. People must learn to be civil about one other's beliefs, or we'll have more danish cartoon killings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Though, the whole documentary is pretty good.

I agree with nearly all of your comment, but I take issue with the North Korean bit, particularly the statement "aren't a nice government." That is a tremendous understatement and an injustice to the human rights travesty that is North Korea. I _hate_ Sony and have little tolerance for this sort of governmental overreach, if this helps the plight of the average North Korean it would give me pause.

I think this falls squarely in the conceal/cover up arena when said evidence is tossed into the ocean.

Hah! Yeah right. I guess it's just the "pig" programmers who can't remember to mentally evaluate the type of each variable at each and every operation in code while they work. What sloths they must be.

I agree that 3 vs 5 years of experience in something used primarily if not exclusively 40hrs a week would probably not merit a great deal of additional value, and diminishing returns from there. However, it seems quite the norm to claim years of experience for things we use partially or intermittently quite generously. Never do I find years of experience in products listed to add up to the total of years they've been in the industry on a resume.

You're right in theory, but in this industry it's rare to do only one thing, and 40% more time of exposure to a product probably means you're more intimate with both this product and other related products/scenarios. I have about a decade in the industry now doing roughly similar things, the 10 year version of me is leaps and bounds above the 5 year me in terms of value. It's easy to see in interviews who has been in the trenches and who has not, and x number of years is often an indicator.

They should use "the shape I'm in", but knowing MS they'll probably use "the weight" instead.

You wouldn't have to work so hard if you bothered to use all the services provided to you for free. If you didn't have to build your own roads, educate your own workforce, inspect your own food, maintain your own currency, etc. You could afford some the awesome luxuries afforded by "wealth redistribution" and your bootstraps wouldn't be so worn from all the pulling.

Obviously, that's why you back it up and have fail-over if that's necessary. A single source of truth is a big plus, as is being able to use that single source of truth for code migrations to environments, history for audits, etc.

Nothing in this world is free. Using developer machines for backup isn't an optimal (or, IMO tenable) solution if you're serious about business continuity.

South Austinite here. I find it laughable you'd blame us for gobbling up the budget. How's that $105 million commuter rail? I hope it's not too crowded.

damn, slashcode ate my chars, VBA <> VB.net

you mean, VBA VB.net.

I know you're a highfalutin yank and all, but I wonder what you'd think if I'd made the same ignorant assumptions about hippie communes with holistic remedies and chakra massage to cure Ebola if the outbreak had started in New York.