Do you know what is trending today? Do you know what is new? Do you care? As developers we live in a crazy world where technologies and ideas fly at the speed of light. If you are not paying…
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What is Trending – Are you listening
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Can Senior Developers Learn From Junior Developers
I relate this back to when you are listening to grandparents tell story after story. Somewhere in those stories you learn from their history. Now when they ask about you, they learn more modern things. Like the time I…
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How a Senior can Help a Junior Developer
Senior developers have a responsibility to help those who are new to the profession. We are the one group of people that the junior developer can turn to after college. Essentially the college gave the new developer 2 years…
Do Not Get Boxed
As a developer, it is important to look around and experience new things, as it helps you to stay sharp and marketable. This doesn’t mean that you need to quit your job. Just do not get boxed in as single…
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Eleven Items That Makes a Developer Great
Here are a few items that makes a software / web developer great: Updated to twelve items thanks to some input. Knowing they are not perfect Listens to business needs Always evolving by striving to do better Never hides a…
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Mine Mine Mine
In any work environment you here things like “Don’t step on my toes”, “Do not touch my desk or my projects”. Walls are formed to protect what they believe is their own best interest; protecting their job in essence. Is this…
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A Call To Senior Developers – Rise Up
Every year is there is an influx of newly trained developers from our local colleges. They have paid good money to become book smart and if they are lucky maybe some practical from their co-ops. They enter the work force with…
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Code Simplified
Working with junior developers through out my years, I have seen some funky and fun ways of coding. The three styles I have seen the most are the following. I have come up with BEFORE and AFTER examples. Now…
