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Dead end tools and technologies you wished you hadn't bothered with
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"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain -
Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI once did a project in Paradox."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostDid the requirement come afterwards?
One of my current Adgile projects requirments:
"Not spend my time fire fighting due to system short falls"
Give me proper requirments thenFiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostDid the requirement come afterwards?Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by alreadypacked View PostDon't start me on Requirments
One of my current Adgile projects requirments:
"Not spend my time fire fighting due to system short falls"
Give me proper requirments then
Don't tell me that this is an Agile environment where the users get what the developers think they should deliver rather than what the users need.
Despite my sceptiscm of the Agile approach, it probably can work well in some scenarios and in those you need to help the stakeholders articulate and prioritise what they want delivered.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostHere's a list of some things I put a lot of time and effort into learning and resulted in very little reward.
Visual InterDev. Why did I bother with this croc?
VB6 WebClasses. Dead before it even started. I knew these inside out and yet no one used them.
LINQ to SQL. Killed by MS just as I was starting to know it well. http://ayende.com/Blog/archive/2008/...nq-to-sql.aspx
Any others here a specialist in learning dead-end technology?Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI don't think I've ever worked on anything where I had the requirements at the start.
"Be able to have a fully flexible multi-skilled workforce" WTFFiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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Oracle.
What a waste of time.
I wouldn't advise any of you to learn any of it.The pope is a tard.Comment
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Originally posted by alreadypacked View PostIn this case I think I would be better off.
"Be able to have a fully flexible multi-skilled workforce" WTF
I feel for you AP, I'D SPEND MY WHOLE CONTRACT* SHOUTING AT THEM!!!
(*Which would probably be quite short...)"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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