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Recent content by Jaws
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State of the Market
I think that depends completely on the team. My last contract sure had its share of "sub par" developers. Sprint planning ends up with small tasks given increased story points, developers not necessarily picking up anything new when finishing said tasks early and daily standup a consisting of...- Jaws
- Post #14,867
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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HOW? : 2 Computers, 2 displays using 1 keyboard and mouse
Not that I use the surface much these days (it's the first edition surface pro) but I've got the following set up to switch between a desktop PC + surface pro with multiple monitors: USB 3.0 hub connected to 2x USB display adapters and a 2 port USB switch (konig brand). I imagine the display... -
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Is it acceptable to discuss rates with other contractors working at the same client?
I never reveal my rate and to be honest how can you be sure what the other contractors are telling you is genuine? There is a young contractor where I am, pretty much every time we've been out to the pub he tries to get this info out of me - I would lie to him just to wind him up, but he clearly...- Jaws
- Post #29
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Caching shared application data in dot net
I'd have to search MSDN because it's been so long but I think you're looking for the SqlDependency class assuming you're using SQL server which I believe will provide some mechanism of cache invalidation when data becomes stale. Perhaps there is something similar available for different database... -
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What are some of the Worst Contracts You've Had and How Long Did you Stick it Out?
Last gig most definitely, more contractor churn than I've seen in a while, quite frequently from hard working / overall good people who might have had an opinion the lead developer didn't like. I just tried to keep my head down and implemented whatever they desired after running out of energy... -
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Agile, again....
Had to put up with this at last ClientCo. They had a habit of terminating contractors, particularly those who voiced opinions different to their own. I have no idea why they believe a "sprint retrospective" is a worthwhile spend of a contractor's time. My first retrospective happened within an... -
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How long can the pimp play this game with my rate?
Only if the agent is actually telling the truth...- Jaws
- Post #7
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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The Big Gigs
I was there for that too, ridiculously good line up! Still have the programme somewhere, I remember last time I saw it being somewhat annoyed at the variety of different things I missed. -
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Agile - at what point do you just tell someone to take a hike?
Current project I'm working on is being delivered over 6 months later than the client originally expected it and no-one seems to give a crap because boxes are being moved occasionally, it's been hard adapting to this version of agile but I'm beginning to see how useful it can be as a renewal... -
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Overarchitected Projects
"Hopefully set" from the one single place that executes them, which presumably has unit tests to ensure this happens? The point of the series of articles was not really about dependency injection (where in fact the dependencies are injected at command execution time) but reducing the amount of... -
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Overarchitected Projects
Yes although I can't think where I've ever needed to replace the command with something else. If it became necessary to have that level of flexibility, sure I'd take a different approach - but _only_ when it became necessary. Due to the way the commands are executed elsewhere, things can still... -
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Overarchitected Projects
One alternative, rather than having lots of I*Service implementations and injecting those, is to make extensive use of the command pattern. It's quite testable newing up command instances by providing the means for the developer to intercept where the command is actually executed. You could do... -
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It technical tests
I've done one of these before spent about 2 hours. Would only do it again if it was a follow up to a phone interview with the client. I just don't completely believe that the agent would always pass them on to the client.- Jaws
- Post #33
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Overarchitected Projects
I'm working on a similar project, many layers on the back and front end (Typescript "single page app" that doesn't really need to be). I need to make updates to 7+ files every time I want to add a page into the UI due to how the routing is set up client side. Progress has been slow to say the... -
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MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer) - Web Applications
The trouble with the MS qualifications is how easy it is to get hold of so called "braindumps" containing the actual test questions and answers. A permie I used to work with, who was largely incompetent, managed to get the complete MCPD using this method (and openly admitted it to me for some...
