Posts Tagged ‘programming’
How to Excel as a Programmer (or anything else)
December 11th, 2012 | 
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From a very early age we have been conditioned to fail.
I know that probably seems harsh, and probably seems like an over generalization, but it is true.
Here are some things you can start doing today to start succeeding. Even if you consider yourself successful, these tips will send you to the next level.
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“I don’t exactly have random $$$ hanging about.”
I hear this statement a lot, or one like it, from various walks of life. For example, I hear it from clients. I hear it from people who want a new car. But I’d like to address this from a strictly programming perspective here.
I don’t know why it bothers me when another programmer says this. It’s not like they are taking anything away from me. In fact, the more programmers who have this attitude, the better off I am.
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Which Language VB or CSharp?
I wrote the following article a long time ago on my main domain, but recently I had a reader send in a question that this article addresses. So I’m putting this article here so that it is easier for readers to find in the future….
In the past, when you selected a language, you were selecting an application programming interface (API) as well. So if you decided to use C++, you automatically were selecting the MFC class libraries as well as ATL and STL. You don’t really need to know what these initials stand for, just understand they represent a complete set of functionality that did not have to be written by the programmer.
Principles of Programming Architecture
Yesterday I was talking with a friend of mine about a project we have been working on that was written by some other company. We were speculating why the code was written as it is when we started discussing design theory.
The issue we have is that even though much of the code we are working on is compiled using ASP.NET 2.0 or greater, much of the code still looks like it was written in ASP.NET 1.x.
Why Programmers Can’t Program
Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror writes:
“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.”
Jeff, you must not have visited a college campus recently. The reason most that most “programmers” can’t program is because their instructors led them to believe they could program.
I have two stories that illustrate the point.
