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How hard do you find these tasks?

Survey period: 24 Jul 2017 to 31 Jul 2017

1 = Super Easy, 5 = Very Hard. (We all know Cache invalidation is hard)

OptionVotes12345 
Designing a solution that meets all the requirements9717%25%31%24%13%
Dealing with someone else's code9712%9%35%34%20%
Writing unit tests9718%19%36%23%15%
Adding features you don't agree with9715%14%30%28%23%
Dealing with the people directing the project9719%24%33%23%12%
Dealing with users97111%25%34%19%11%
Naming things97124%30%23%12%11%



 
GeneralHow hard do you find these tasks? Pin
WiganLatics26-Jul-17 4:40
professionalWiganLatics26-Jul-17 4:40 
GeneralReversed Answers Pin
Bassam Abdul-Baki25-Jul-17 7:31
professionalBassam Abdul-Baki25-Jul-17 7:31 
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ChandraRam28-Jul-17 4:09
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Bassam Abdul-Baki28-Jul-17 6:38
professionalBassam Abdul-Baki28-Jul-17 6:38 
GeneralAverages are boring Pin
Marc Clifton25-Jul-17 1:49
mvaMarc Clifton25-Jul-17 1:49 
GeneralRe: Averages are boring Pin
Nelek26-Jul-17 4:45
protectorNelek26-Jul-17 4:45 
GeneralRe: Averages are boring Pin
mahendren27-Jul-17 1:53
mahendren27-Jul-17 1:53 
GeneralI like someone else code Pin
Mohibur Rashid24-Jul-17 19:14
professionalMohibur Rashid24-Jul-17 19:14 
GeneralWriting documentation (not code comments) Pin
Maximilien24-Jul-17 3:32
Maximilien24-Jul-17 3:32 
GeneralRe: Writing documentation (not code comments) Pin
kalberts24-Jul-17 21:42
kalberts24-Jul-17 21:42 
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Member 1288850925-Jul-17 11:10
Member 1288850925-Jul-17 11:10 
GeneralRe: Writing documentation (not code comments) Pin
Herbie Mountjoy26-Jul-17 18:46
professionalHerbie Mountjoy26-Jul-17 18:46 
GeneralWorse than Useless Pin
W Balboos, GHB24-Jul-17 1:47
W Balboos, GHB24-Jul-17 1:47 
GeneralRe: Worse than Useless Pin
PIEBALDconsult24-Jul-17 10:53
mvePIEBALDconsult24-Jul-17 10:53 
GeneralTraining people Pin
R. Erasmus24-Jul-17 0:40
R. Erasmus24-Jul-17 0:40 
GeneralThe human element is always more challenging Pin
Slacker00723-Jul-17 22:57
professionalSlacker00723-Jul-17 22:57 
GeneralRe: The human element is always more challenging Pin
KarstenK23-Jul-17 23:20
mveKarstenK23-Jul-17 23:20 
GeneralSomeone else's code not a big deal Pin
Mike (Prof. Chuck)23-Jul-17 22:07
professionalMike (Prof. Chuck)23-Jul-17 22:07 
GeneralRe: Someone else's code not a big deal Pin
CodeWraith24-Jul-17 1:32
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Mike (Prof. Chuck)24-Jul-17 3:33
professionalMike (Prof. Chuck)24-Jul-17 3:33 
GeneralRe: Someone else's code not a big deal Pin
CodeWraith24-Jul-17 3:41
CodeWraith24-Jul-17 3:41 
GeneralRe: Someone else's code not a big deal Pin
Mike (Prof. Chuck)24-Jul-17 3:50
professionalMike (Prof. Chuck)24-Jul-17 3:50 
Agreed. I have been once in such a company that put more energy in enforcing their own rules (that often collided with publicly known how-to's than in working code.

Coding guidelines can be a huge waste of time, if done wrong. We agreed on day one, to take the microsoft rules and put our personal thoughts in the second row.
And you know what? Many of us fully agree in the meantime, that they "increased their skills" since the code analysis is in place - as some of the warnings really show hard-to-track-bugs if the subject of the warning comes true.

Our most beloved warning is the "call of a virtual method in the constructor call-chain". We thought about it and it was hard to understand, what microsoft means with that warning. we google'd a bit and found some cases where this indeed can lead to a horrific bug. this is one of the key warnings, where devs felt, that they advanced.

GeneralRe: Someone else's code not a big deal Pin
Leng Vang25-Jul-17 6:12
Leng Vang25-Jul-17 6:12 
GeneralSomeone else's code... Pin
Sander Rossel23-Jul-17 21:12
professionalSander Rossel23-Jul-17 21:12 
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CodeWraith23-Jul-17 22:52
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