Monthly Archives: August 2010

Should dead code be removed? Should it be commented out? What’s the harm in leaving it there?

If you’ve made it to the phone screen, you’re doing better than *half* the people I look at on a regular basis.  Most fail with their résumé.  Now the tough part: You’ve got to sell me during the phone screen. When I walk out of the phone screen, I’ve got to feel like you’re not […]

We’re in a recession. If you believe the austrian economists, it’s not going to get any better anytime soon. Now the good news: There are plenty of software developer jobs out there. Bad news: Everyone and their brother is applying for the same job you are. Not all programming jobs are created equally. Working at […]

When I was a young sergeant in the Army, I had the honor of serving under a Staff Sergeant who had spent 18 years in the Army.  We worked in a unit that handled the administrative functions surrounding wounded and injured soldiers.  The unit itself was rather large at the time (this was in 2005, […]