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Management mentality of "getting things done", positive attitude towards my "how-to" proposals, understanding my challenges and trade-offs, appreciating my efforts to simplify things, no endless meetings etc ... All this makes me a champion of productivity 
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Object-oriented programming ! Great ideas. But only with good documentation and examples. Let me give you an example - I bought a thick hardcopy of a reference book fill with methods, properties etc. but it is not useful to me. Why ? Because it is like taking apart the engine of a car, mix up all the components (down to screws etc.), and then ask you to put it back without documentation. You see what I mean.
Never understand why it takes hundreds of pages for a programming book, except in terms of 'sales and marketing'. Just a waste of time, it can be written within a hundred pages.
So finding a good article from Code Project makes me the most productive as a developer.
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Good point ...
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Some good books, or at least one or two on the language I am using.
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I like to work in a team that likes to listen to my opinions (which may definitely not be accepted). Just to be listened to, taken into consideration.
Everything has its pros and cons.
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Caffeine is more important than a fast machine.![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
I believe my job description is: Turn Caffeine into Code.
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JohaViss61 wrote: my job description is: Turn Caffeine into Code.
s/caffeine/pizza & coffee/ and I'll agree.
(These days, I'm not allowed too much of either  )
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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No idea what my IOU is for my local coffee shop ( but they got a nice website out of it!) We measured it in pots vs cups... Hahahaha
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My sister is an OB/GYN so she's able to get coffee on an IV drip.
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with a clearly defined purpose, led by someone who can keep the focus "tight."
in saying this, i'm not denying the value of social meetings, goal achievement celebrations, etc.
i'm speaking of code reviews, and meetings called because of specific problems in work-flow, or dis-organization.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Definitely - so much time is wasted in meetings, but I use them to catch a break and relax a bit.
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Decades ago, I was an intern at Dow Chemical in Midland Michigan.
What a great experience. I Learned a few things about meetings.
1) If you don't send out a summary of the goals. They will cancel the meeting.
2) If you don't take minutes, in real time, and assign Actions during the meeting, they will not let you run another meeting. Wow. This has stayed with me for life.
3) There must be a time keeper who has the ability to "Side-Line" any conversation.
This person is separate from someone taking notes
4) At the end of the meeting, the actions, who they are assigned to, and a rough expectation of when they are needed by is read off. Later an email is sent with the summary, minutes, and actions.
While it sounds like a lot of overhead. OMG, it changed my life.
The final lesson. Don't dress up to deliver the meeting. They made me lose my tie! (The only reason to dress up the presenter is that the content cannot be the star!)
That internship changed my life. To this day, I run meetings like that (small adjustments), actions are always done in real-time and sent out quickly. And the meetings are kept short (usually) because we offline "deep" stuff that the group only needs a high-level appreciation of, and we allow people to request to be inside of those discussions (if they ask).
I am hoping you can make some of this work for you!
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My current contract doesn't have developer laptops; everybody gets the same model. I spend a lot of time staring at loading screens and waiting for builds to finish. Debugging is painfully slow. Thankfully I love what I do, but I can't help but think a better machine is worth more than the opportunity cost of twiddling my thumbs.
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I didn't include this on my list because I don't need a fast and powerful machine, just an adequate one. But it sounds like you don't even have that, so I can see why your perspective would be different.
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But it sounds like you don't even have that, so I can see why your perspective would be different.
Very true. However, I love the job, so there's that. I'm also old enough to know there are bigger issues in the world and that I don't need to sweat this.
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ronlease wrote: My current contract doesn't have developer laptops; everybody gets the same model.
Their decission, their money. You could be faster and more productive, but being forced to be slower... their call.
I get more annoyed by having a good machine but not being able to install / do whatever I need to get the job done due to IT politics... that's way more frustrating than having a slow machine
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I get more annoyed by having a good machine but not being able to install / do whatever I need to get the job done due to IT politics... that's way more frustrating than having a slow machine
Yeah, I feel you on that one. Oof!
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I just bought an Intel rack server for my startup company. I can't wait for it to show up, probably next week.
Quote: INTEL M50CYP1UR204, 1U, Intel® C621A, 4x 2.5" SATA/SAS, 32x DDR4, No PSU
2 x Xeon® Gold 6326 16-Core 2.9 - 3.5GHz Turbo, LGA 4189, 3 UPI, 185W, OEM Processor
8 x 32GB M393A4K40DB3-CWE, Dual-Rank, DDR4 3200MHz, CL22, ECC Registered Memory
AXX1300TCRPS, 80 PLUS Titanium 1300W, Power Supply
Quadro P400 V2 VCQP400V2-SB, 2GB GDDR5, Low-Profile Only, Graphics Card
Arctic Silver 5, 12g, High-Density Polysynthetic, Silver Thermal Compound
1TB 970 EVO Plus 2280, 3500 / 3300 MB/s, V-NAND 3-bit MLC, PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe, M.2 SSD
10/1Gbps Ethernet Network Adapter, X710-T2L for OCP 3.0, (2x RJ45)
AVA Titanium (Lifetime Labor / 5-Year Parts / 3-Year Return Shipping OR Advanced Part Replacement)
CYPCBLSL104KIT, 1U SlimSAS Cable x4 (CPU to HSBP) Kit
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Now everybody hates you!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Maybe someone will want to work on my project so they can get access to it.
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No, just the people close enough to hear the hair driers running 24/7.
(It's a 1U server, 40mm fans that can move enough air to keep something cool are obnoxiously loud.)
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Yes, it is so loud that I had to put it in another room (my guest bedroom) so I could work while it's running.
Its name is "TopGun" for that same reason.
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Thank you for making me drool all over my keyboard.
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