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Yeah, I had never thought of a system like he (and you) describe, but it's definitely got me thinking. It does solve most of the problems of "does this person get along with the team" and "can they actually do it". Hopefully more than a few hiring managers will take it to heart and give it a try. It won't work with people with existing jobs, but it's a great strategy for people new to the industry.
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Interesting: I recall not being able to get the word 'singleton' out to describe a, er, singleton. Or other times when they have asked me about things I've never used or may not have done for a while. Plainly, those interviews didn't go well. I hate purely technical interviews, especially the phone one - my voice sounds very flat on the phone (or, as my wife, says, I sound bored verging on suicidal!). I think I'm good at my job and, if you give me a chance to sit down and talk about it with you you'll get my motivation and enthusiasm for what I do. But ask me what widget x does and I may just have never used it or have forgotten what it does. I mean, it's not like I can hop online and look it up an a minute or 2, is it?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Yeah, this. Totally.
I have a friend who's one of the best programmers I've ever met: he's built systems and sites used by thousands daily, and I'd trust him to write the software on my pacemaker. He went to an interview recently, and they were asking him junior-junior questions[1], but because he's been away from those minutiae for a long time, he took "longer than necessary" and didn't get the job (that he's overqualified for).
[1] I can't remember the exact details, but it was one of those, "Swap two ints using only two variables" type of question.
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TTFN - Kent
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WebKit has made some serious news by finally implementing the srcset attribute. As Chair of the W3C’s Responsive Images Community Group, I’ve been alternately hoping for and dreading this moment for some time now. It turns out to be good news for all involved parties—the users browsing the Web, most of all. Images on the Web, reimaged
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Microsoft is now simplifying its approach to secondary email addresses on Outlook.com. My new alias: BillG@microsoft.com
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yawn
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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In the last three or four years, with the success of mobile application platforms like iOS and Android, we’ve seen a rise in the expectation that mobile applications (particularly) that run in the browser will be more native-like. Are we trading angle brackets for curly braces?
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A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens to the place where it rises.
The wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.
All streams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they flow again.
All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has been already
in the ages before us.
There is no remembrance of former things,
nor will there be any remembrance
of later things yet to be among those who come after.
Ecclesiastes 1:4-11
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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HTML appears limited to me, and HTML 5 is just another bandaid. From what I understand, a few companies tried to build mobile apps using HTML 5, but ultimately moved to native. HTML 5, like its predecessors, will probably prove to be less than ideal for the same reasons. Implementations differ. That was the advantage of Silverlight. Microsoft took responsibility for the implementation, and so could run applications seamlessly on browsers that supported Silverlight. I suspect that something like Silverlight will come again because it is not build once, modify everywhere. Silverlight also had the advantage of distribution of servers. Oh well, Microsoft killed off a good thing.
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Good thing Microsoft killed Silverlight.
I guess they'd rather follow than lead the way.
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 Oh the bitterness, it is tasty!
One could say that Silverlight was just following Flash. Still, to keep killing their (loved) cross platform darlings: Microsoft is either much more clever than I, or the sadder alternative.
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TTFN - Kent
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For me it isn't Silverlight per se but rather an intergrated/engineered/carefully constructed development environment that is beautiful - regardless of the technology.
The HTML stack is a cobbled piece of garbage that needs to die.
Instead, more and more 'patches' are added and it's really bad.
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Here are some of the things I wish I would have known when I got started in the software development industry; things that would have made me more successful, much earlier, if I would have known them. Bonus #5: You can't have too many backups
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When you are working for someone else, it is really important to spend time working for yourself as well, otherwise you are building someone else’s empire while neglecting your own.
That's probably the single best advice I give to anyone working "for the man" - even as a consultant, I like to have side projects, and most of the articles I've written here are the result of those side projects.
Marc
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Some things I knew from the beginning. I have learned the importance of community, particularly the web. Without the web I would not be as successful. I have also learned by doing articles, and answering questions. It is amazing what you learn when you have to better understand what you are doing so that you can complete an article. Also, learned a lot about LINQ by answering questions.
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What is the forecast for tech? It depends on whom you ask. Mirror, mirror, on the wall...
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"Always have a side project". 
Or several!
/ravi
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I think Tech has been in a slump, but only sort of. What we appear to have is a big bubble that will burst sometime. The governments of the world are overspending, and at some point it will come back to haunt us, and probably only in a few years. So far managed to control spending with artificial maintenance of the intrest rates at appauling low levels. Beleive this has badly affected the economy since riskier businesses cannot get loans. Why put money to work when you really get no returns. Meanwhile the stock market is ignoring the impending doom. When it hits, it may make the Great Depression and Great Recession look minor. I suspect it will be real bad.
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People with knowledge worth sharing will soon be able to monetize their minds through Google's forthcoming Helpouts platform. "And I do appreciate you being 'round"
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The company is actively seeking users affected by one of last week's six problematic patches that freezes some Windows 7 and Vista machines No glory or pay, but you do get to keep using your computer
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I Had a crash problem this year after a "Security update" on a dual boot system Only problem was you could not start the system to uninstal the update.
After running the start up diagnostics it said the problem was caused by a patch, but no where did I find WHich one of the six.
It had to do a system retore from before the Update was installed , so if system retore is not enabled it may be difficult to fix without starting in debug mode and attaching another system to it.
Even Safe mode didn't help.
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Ouch. That's a brutal story. Sadly, all too common. It definitely makes me want to point out Marc's solution[^] more and more (although if you install after the update, you're still in the same mess).
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TTFN - Kent
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Yes I read that one, don't know why if it was disabled why it done the update.
I dumped Win 8 after the developer preview so have no way to test what may have happened.
The only other thing I can think of is those updates that change your settings to what they want them to be and don't bother to tell you.
Like when my UAC kept getting set back to enabled.(for my own protection of course)
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The current solution to this problem has been released: [MS Patch Fix]
(click the link)
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Tried it didn't like it.
My first experience with that was better than with Windows 8.
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