Refactoring - Tag - In a past life… https://archive.jtimothyking.com/tags/refactoring/ Refactoring - Tag - In a past life… Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 01 Jul 2006 19:24:49 +0000 Refactoring the Monster https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/07/01/refactoring-the-monster/ Sat, 01 Jul 2006 19:24:49 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/07/01/refactoring-the-monster/ This is a story about my first software management success. It’s also a story about my first software management failure. It was a success, because the work got completed, and without any nasty surprises. It was a failure, because I could have made the team more efficient, and I didn’t. Both of these are good things.

]]> Honestly https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2005/09/03/honestly/ Sat, 03 Sep 2005 17:26:00 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2005/09/03/honestly/ (Note: This is a post from my online journal, imported into this blog because it tells the story of a real software project I worked on. Who says software developers don’t have war stories? -TimK)

I know why good people don’t tell the truth. That’s not to say they outright lie. They’re not dishonest, just not... honest. They fudge. Maybe that’s what I should’ve done. After all, that strategy is time-tested and approved. Software projects slip for months, one day at a time. By the time the whole story eventually is clear, everyone’s gone on to something else, and no one knows what really happened, because no one was keeping track, and no one thinks twice about it. What made me think speaking the truth up-front was going to feel good?

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