Crystal Clear - Tag - In a past life… https://archive.jtimothyking.com/tags/crystal-clear/ Crystal Clear - Tag - In a past life… Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usWed, 02 Aug 2006 16:00:55 +0000 When the Best Tool Isn't, and Why a Growing Team Doesn't Care https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/08/02/when-the-best-tool-isnt-and-why-a-growing-team-doesnt-care/ Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:00:55 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/08/02/when-the-best-tool-isnt-and-why-a-growing-team-doesnt-care/ Kathy Sierra excellent post on When the “best tool for the job”… isn’t misses an important point. It’s not that she missed the point so much as she just didn’t go into it. But I think it deserves going into.

Many software developers become very attached to their favorite programming languages, methodologies, practices, and so forth. Checking the link-backs for my post “Twelve Benefits of Writing Unit Tests First” demonstrates this. One commenter on another blog even said he saw no value in reading the whole post, since it was specious and had no redeeming value. I took great joy in that comment, because it means I must be doing something right to push someone’s righteous buttons so accurately. Regardless, would test-first be the right tool for that programmer?

]]> How DeMarco, Lister, and Cockburn Helped Me Find a Better Job (Part 2) https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/07/21/how-demarco-lister-and-cockburn-helped-me-find-a-better-job-part-2/ Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:03:16 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/07/21/how-demarco-lister-and-cockburn-helped-me-find-a-better-job-part-2/ How DeMarco, Lister, and Cockburn Helped Me Find a Better Job (Part 2)

(Part 1 was posted yesterday.)

After four months of teamicide, Peopleware-style, I was ready to die. And when HR or my manager asked me, I told them the truth.

]]> How DeMarco, Lister, and Cockburn Helped Me Find a Better Job (Part 1) https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/07/20/how-demarco-lister-and-cockburn-helped-me-find-a-better-job-part-1/ Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:44:36 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/07/20/how-demarco-lister-and-cockburn-helped-me-find-a-better-job-part-1/ Two years ago, I was enthusiastic, energized, and about to plunge into depression. I was enthusiastic and energized because I had started a new job two months before, and I was in a position where I could make choices, and I knew I could make the right choices. I was stretching myself beyond what I had done before, and I wanted to prove myself. Within two more months, that would change.

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