http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/03/programmers-at-work/ Science and Engineering: Innovation, Research, Education and Economics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:32:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/03/programmers-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-65370 Mark Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:00:03 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/03/programmers-at-work/#comment-65370 Mary Poppendieck wrote a very good book on Lean Software Development that I use as reference. An easy read with good anecdotes. Mary Poppendieck wrote a very good book on Lean Software Development that I use as reference. An easy read with good anecdotes.

]]> http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/03/programmers-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-63810 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » The Manager FAQ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:20:44 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/03/programmers-at-work/#comment-63810 My manager counts from one :-( Ordinals (counting numbers) have always started from one; counting from zero, while obvious and natural to many programmers, is probably wrong from a linguistic standpoint. Try to be flexible. My manager counts from one Ordinals (counting numbers) have always started from one; counting from zero, while obvious and natural to many programmers, is probably wrong from a linguistic standpoint. Try to be flexible.

]]> http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/03/programmers-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-61234 CuriousCat: Interview with Donald Knuth Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:29:56 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/03/programmers-at-work/#comment-61234 "the idea of working in teams and reading each other's code. That idea is crucial, and it might even mask out all the terrible aspects of extreme programming that alarm me..." “the idea of working in teams and reading each other’s code. That idea is crucial, and it might even mask out all the terrible aspects of extreme programming that alarm me…”

]]> http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/03/programmers-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-61056 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » A Programmers Take on Agile Software Development Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:25:52 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/03/programmers-at-work/#comment-61056 I am also a strong proponent of agile software development. Information Technology projects have a poor success rate. The best method, I have found, to provide better software solutions is agile development... I am also a strong proponent of agile software development. Information Technology projects have a poor success rate. The best method, I have found, to provide better software solutions is agile development…

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