7 Deadly Sins of Software Development

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William — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:26:00 GMT

Elliot - I couldn't agree more. If you understand programming then you understand how to approach things and *know* that there's always some way to do something. You don't give up easily. you don't take know for an answer. You are confident that with enough work you'll find the solution and you'll get there. Experience should bring this with it. However working for 10 years in the industry doesn't equal experience. People that rest on their laurels, never learn anything new and weren't much good in the first place only let their experience get in teh way of learning new things.

Smies - Thanks man!

Ugo - I appreciate it!

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Ugo — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:23:00 GMT

This is so accurate.

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Smies — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:52:47 GMT

I really like your article. I posted a link on my Blog so that I can find it back.

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Elliott Wade — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:12:34 GMT

Bill, above you mentioned that "Experience tends to let you catch up quicker though, and I've banked on that quite a bit." Nothing could be more true.
In my view, it's possible to "know programming" without knowing (e.g.) ADO.NET. And if you do know code, then no one (certainly no newcomer) can "walk all over you." Or else you inhabit a professional environment the competitive likes of which I've never seen after 10 years in IT.

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Eric Gunnerson's C# Compendium — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:56:12 GMT

At the beginning of the sin-tacular, I asked for people to come up with their own lists. And here they...

re: 7 Deadly Sins of Software Development

William — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:13:47 GMT

Anatoly - I totally agree with you. There are times you need to be able to just 'know' you're right. The problem as I see it is that some folks have that tendency in light of a ton of evidence to the contrary and it's they fail to learn from mistakes. Every one of those has a lot of exceptions to them and it's a spectrum where we fall along at times. A lot of this is a judgement call and the solution is being honest with yourself. A lot of arrogant or insecure people are unable to tell the difference and are unable to admit they are wrong. That's the root of a lot of trouble.

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Anatoly Lubarsky — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:54:24 GMT

Everything is true but after all sometimes you have to trust yourself that you are right and be confident with that and be strong mentally enough to take the decision even if you are not sure.

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William — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:29:45 GMT

Finding time is the hard part. That's why being able to work with the stuff is huge. I've found, if I'm serious, that I need to spend 20 minutes a day every day, or something close to it, to learn and keep up - I usually end up spending a little more time but that only helpds overall.

I'm behind on 2007 but catching up, slowly. there are so many 2.0 features though in .NET that have changed drastically, that this is a time where resting on your laurels is a bad thing. Someone new, hard working can walk all over you. Experience tends to let you catch up quicker though, and I've banked on that quite a bit. I definitely need to earn my old 'early adopter' credentials back which I've layed off on for a few months.

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Marshall Harrison "the gotspeech guy" — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:46:22 GMT

Great list Bill.

I am especially fond of #6 and #7. I also like the link to the 2001 has-beens. Very subtle. :-)

I've been concentrating on speech and I need improve my skills in other areas like ADO, remoting Ajax even though they aren't a big part of my job.

With MSS 2007 in beta it's tough having to learn some things all over again. I can't allow myself to rest on the past.

But, where do I find the time??????