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Step 1 - Find a problem that plagues everyone but everyone just kind of puts up with it because that's the way things are and fix it. Step 2 - ??? Step 3 - Profit!
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Today we had a bit of a network outage in our building. It was there, there and there some more. Then it was gone, gone, gone! Since most geek socializing happens over some kind of instant messenger or Facebook wall, this is a major disruption in our
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Something to be prepared for when accepting any new far away job is the culture shock. While I’m sure it’s more of a thing for people who leave their country, it can still happen when changing states. One thing that got me about Redmond was the snow.
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In line with this post , writing in a manner that best shows your message in your work environment will help improve your communications with coworkers. Plus you won’t annoy them. However, more importantly is knowing what’s appropriate to send to a discussion
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You know why I like work? Because I’ve slept in more the two years I’ve been here than the 4 years I was trying to get a degree by sleeping through class. My sentiments are echoed by coworkers who tell me horror stories of other teams with 9 AM meetings
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…Program Managers on the other hand have anti-magic. A PM walks into a developer’s office to see something and BOOM! suddenly nothing works. The other day I was trying to demo a new feature. Everything worked fine but then the PM had to say “So does it
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A tester told me the other day that I have the “dev magic touch” It’s a funny phenomenon. Mainly everything works perfectly on the developer’s machine, but promptly explodes on a test machine. Even better is when you go to a tester’s office and for the
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You know what's great about getting paid to work on weekdays? There's absolutely nothing you have to do on Saturdays. Yesterday I got up around 1 PM, went to the mall to buy stuff, went to the movies, went to the gym, played X-box, watched some Futurama
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I'm taking a stand. In utter protest of having to work the past two months without a single work day off, I’m going to require a few changes. Microsoft may regain my hard work efforts if the following demands are met: I will be allowed to sit at home
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Two dozen years is a long time to be involved in software. That’s why I’d like to take this time to thank God I've only been alive that long and this is only my 3rd year in industry. Imagine what it must be like, to have worked in Software in 1983? You'd
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Many times you will go up to a professor and say "I don't think the assignment should be Foo, it's too time constrained or too complex, let's make it Bar instead". To quote one of my favorite songs, I bet they looked at you "like a cow looks at an oncoming
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(Note: I have not had time to craft a new set of coding puzzles for this month; I will post new ones when they are ready) Who here hasn't worried about money? No, this isn't about your salary or how you can make more or how you can get a better offer.
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This is a frightening prospect: What if you came to work…and you had nothing to do? All your bugs have been resolved, no more documents need to be written, no new work on the horizon that you can get a head start. This may seem like a fantastic fantasy
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All work and no play means bugs. Ever sit in a computer science lab and suddenly hear a loud WHACK!! as someone does something destructive to their keyboard? This is the "The computer is pissing me off" signal. Other signals include hitting the keyboard
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At least compared to real world food. For one, there’s no meal plan. That’s right, you heard it here and now: Real life has no meal plan that you have to buy into . Sorry, but I hated that part of school. Why should I be locked into a set of cafeterias
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