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Did I misspell employee? Where? And do carry the title for some years.
No Mycroft. Just no. Yuch.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Except they can't be removed from the team as there would be a gap in skills and knowledge which you can't have right now as it would slow down the project, which is exactly why these people don't share: job security 
Seen it happen and removed myself from the team instead.
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Contrawise, I've had jobs where I was reprimanded for using advanced concepts (i.e. actually using the latest C++ standard which they stated as part of the job requirement.) I was once chastised for using a predicate with a std::map.
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My favourite part of the job is passing on knowledge and watching people grow, having been doing it for almost 30 years I guess I have acquired some degree of experience to share (whether some people want me to or not  )
I have been doing this long enough that several people I helped mentor have gone on to 'better' things sometimes at the same company sometimes elsewhere.
Which is fine by me, those better things often involve managing people, which I have never had any interest in doing.
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It's different if they are refusing to share as opposed to not having been asked.
The former is no good; the latter is a problem on the community, not on the developer.
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True, to a point, but not always. I agree with you that under many circumstances it’s best to help those around you. A rising tide raises all ships.
There was a time, (29, 25 years ago) I aspired to be a ‘vast store of information’ - to have an answer for most questions. Over time my co-workers found it more expedient to ask me instead of learning/remembering for themselves. It became too burdensome.
Consider also the co-worker that asks, and is answered, only to ask again, the same question, days weeks or months later.
Lastly, consider that sometimes the direct, efficacious answer may involve considerations and complexities greater than the co-worker’s level of expertise with that platform. So answering may open a path to more problems.
So, if you’re cranky because someone isn’t helping you, perhaps you should ask why they’re not being helpful. If they’re truly an information hoarder whose habit is to disadvantage others as opposed to helping the group effort, then they’ll not get far in life.
Good luck!
Time is the differentiation of eternity devised by man to measure the passage of human events.
- Manly P. Hall
Mark
Just another cog in the wheel
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There was no particular incident that triggered this post. I'm just passing along advice based on my 30 years on the industry.
More than ever, teams need to be cohesive and supportive units in which the stronger senior developers mentor junior developers. Anyone who will not share knowledge that will benefit the team and/or the project is a detriment. Try to change their behavior first, but if they refuse to change then, in the long run, the team is better off without that coder.
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<rant> I don't know about you, but I have a lot more trouble finding anyone that wants to even know my unique knowledge and skillset, which unfortunately leaves me pigeonholed for some things, despite my role having grown beyond it. I'd be more than happy to share so that I could take a full-time position on program that didn't leave me still helping with those items. When I ask management to make sure that the next person they hire have the ability or desire to learn these skills to backfill me, they put it at low priority and hire someone without the desire or skills. I'd like the rest of the team to be team players too.
/rant
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it's actually my biggest gripe, in not only development but anything technical, we don't need primadonnas on the team. we need people who show their support by volunteering information, not hording it.
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If a pet rock has a receding hairline is it a little boulder?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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if you flip it over is it now beard?
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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That's no pet rock; it's a baby troll!
And here comes its mama... 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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We need to get to the root of the problem; and for that, we must not show any sedimental leanings in our views, to wit:
How often do you find those hairy rocks in Wales, anyway - and are you sure they're not dried sheep?
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Where on the equator will the sun be directly overhead at the spring equinox this year?
I can't find the answer to this, and I'm curious.
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According to timeanddate.com[^], the equinox will be at 9:37 AM (UTC). At that time sun will be directly overhead at 2(hours)*15(degrees) + 20(minutes) * 0.25 = 35 degrees East longitude. Assuming my math is right, this is very close to lake Victoria.
Are you planning a trip? 
Mircea
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Nope, just writing a newsletter for our little village of Philmont and wanted to add that info.
Thank you!
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https://www.weather.gov/media/ind/seasons.pdf[^] says it occurs on March 20th, 0937 UTC, so find the line of longitude that is 2:23 ahead of the prime meridian, which I make out to be Lat 0, Long 35.75[^]
EDIT: Yes, just east of Lake Victoria, almost directly in the town of Solian, Kenya. Actually, it looks to be at a business: Merewe Tree Nursery. And there are photos of it!
modified 15-Feb-21 10:19am.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Where on the equator will the sun be directly overhead at the spring equinox this year?
Filed under [Funny Things Developers Do While PMs and other Management Types "Create A Software Development Plan"]
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With Stellarium, you could create a script to iterate to the equinox, then iterate longitude and latitude until you've found the coordinates, then you could put those into Google Earth for your answer! That's the programmer way!!!
(I created some iterative scripts for Stellarium before - they are kinda cool to play around with. Examples.)
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Neato. Some day I'll play with Stellarium scripts. 
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The devs told me they are going to have to switch to Python or whichever language Qt is forcibly moving their users to, so these may not be good examples by then! I believe it will be a couple years, though.
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Okay, I always confuse Mean and Median, and which one is "average" as I think of it.
So, Calling someone Average is Mean!
That's all you have to remember, and all three straighten out.
Average is Mean (Mathematically)
Where as Median is like the one in the middle (when the list is sorted).
But honestly, once I remember Average is Mean, Median is obvious.
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The average human being has 1 of each.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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