Re: [agilewiki-wiki] A new job in Bangalore
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Re: [agilewiki-wiki] A new job in Bangalore
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From: Ed T. <ed-...@ca...> - 2006-10-30 00:44:43
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Sounds like that might be the reason for 'quality' issues. Steve McConnell and Kent Beck both have great books on this topic that tell you long hours means bad code. ;-) But I'm sure you alread knew that. :-D Bill la Forge wrote: > And the boss wants me to get everyone to work 9AM to 7PM, no more than > 45 min for lunch, plus weekends. > > Cheers! > > Bill > > Frank Frazier <fr...@mo...> wrote: > > Hey Bill, great news. Your new home sounds great and congrats on > the new job > > -Frank > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > From: agi...@li... > [mailto:agi...@li...] On Behalf Of > Bill la Forge > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:51 AM > To: General discussion > Subject: Re: [agilewiki-wiki] A new job in Bangalore > > Sounds great Gordan. > > I had a nice meeting with my new boss today. My initial focus will > be on quality, starting with code reviews. The problem common to > most shops, especially closed-source shops, is that programmers > are writting for the computer, not for other developers. They > write a great deal of code and feel productive. But documentation > is lacking and the number of bugs is always increasing. > > Software should be written to be read, but programmers are > reluctant communicators. Hey, the code works. Its great! No, I > didn't think of the edge conditions or the odd cases--but it works > ok for the normal case. > > Changing this is difficult. Everyone is happy doing their own > thing. And they have deadlines to meet, yes? > > Now if you take some measure of software productivity, figure the > average number of bugs introduced and how long it takes to fix > them, then figure the number of bugs introduced when fixing a bug, > you may find that the most productive programmer is too often the > one who writes no code. :-) > > Bill > > nadrog <gor...@ya...> wrote: > > > Hi Bill, congrats for new job in Fiorano, > I think that agilewiki will be develop in the future as well. > Afther six months working on agilewiki project I have learnt > a lot of things about wiki, and I was comparing other wiki-s > with AgileWiki > (platypus with WAR file and class > I was open with jbuilderx API and view all classes, > wikidotcom, jotspot, > jira some > have war file too) > and I was introduce myself about wikis so well, > and was implementing couple of examples > pages on AgileWiki3 so easily. > Hey, next months I will complete my students work > about AgileWiki, so I will sent it on Ark of http://agilewiki.org > best regards > Gordan > > > Bill la Forge wrote: >> >> My plans have changed significantly. I am in the process of > moving from >> one side of Bangalore to the other--about a 45 minute drive. > And I have >> accepted the position of Director of Development for Fiorano-- >> www.fiorano.com >> >> These last few days were spent first in interviews at Fiorano > and then >> looking for a place to stay. We ended up with an old English > cottage on a >> bit of land with a lot of trees and other greenery. The > wiring is modern >> and meets the standard for Bangalore--3KVA. The grounds are > cool and >> relaxing in distinct contrast to the hundreds of highrise > appartment >> buildings going up there in Whitefield. We only need to have > a bit of work >> done to install the AC and water purifier. >> >> Now of course we need to get ready to move. Monday I should get a >> feasibility report from Airtel on a DSL connection. (I'd > rather not go >> wireless--that's only 115k baud.) Move date is 31 October. >> >> After that, lets see what happens. >> >> Bill >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India >> Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger > Version 8. >> Get it NOW >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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