User John MacIntyre

144 votes

When should I make the first commit to source control?

answered Nov 22, 2012 at 16:16

60 votes

Working for free?

answered Nov 20, 2010 at 18:45

40 votes

What are the warning signs of impending doom to watch out for on a project?

answered Sep 8, 2010 at 21:37

37 votes

How long do programmers generally stay in industry?

answered Oct 5, 2010 at 14:36

21 votes

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Staying alert and awake while coding

answered Sep 4, 2010 at 6:24

19 votes

Accepted

Should I use "Business logic" term when speaking about non-business application?

answered Jun 27, 2011 at 12:03

17 votes

What's the career path for a developer who doesn't like management?

answered Sep 9, 2010 at 1:19

8 votes

How to read thousands lines of code without any documentation?

answered Nov 25, 2010 at 15:50

8 votes

Learn programming backwards, or "so I failed the FizzBuzz test. Now what?"

answered Jun 13, 2012 at 17:35

7 votes

What mistakes do your users make, and how can you update your application to handle them?

answered Sep 9, 2010 at 12:44

6 votes

Is it ok to learn from C# 2002 materials?

answered Nov 24, 2010 at 18:49

5 votes

Accepted

Company sends debug versions of software to clients

answered May 2, 2011 at 22:38

4 votes

How old is "too old"?

answered Sep 4, 2010 at 7:38

4 votes

Why are /// comment blocks important?

answered Sep 21, 2010 at 13:55

3 votes

What was Ruby used for before Rails?

answered Jun 23, 2011 at 1:46

3 votes

What to do with long variable names?

answered Mar 10, 2018 at 20:12

2 votes

Why do web sites require certain characters in their credentials?

answered Feb 22, 2013 at 17:05

2 votes

How do you keep track of complex business rules outside of code?

answered May 22, 2012 at 14:55

2 votes

What can I do to get better at estimating how long projects are going to take?

answered Jan 22, 2009 at 2:06

1 vote

Should companies require developers to credit code they didn't write?

answered Feb 13, 2011 at 21:43

1 vote

As a software engineer, who should I be following on Twitter?

answered Sep 25, 2010 at 3:07

1 vote

What is the proper way to create requirements documents?

answered Oct 4, 2010 at 20:26

1 vote

How can I convince a project manager that there is no way to solve all the compatibility issues?

answered Jun 5, 2012 at 20:20

0 votes

How to cure the "can not deliver"/ "cannot deliver on time syndrome"

answered Mar 17, 2012 at 3:10

0 votes

How do I deal with analysis paralysis?

answered Jun 11, 2011 at 6:27

0 votes

Real-time stock market application

answered Jun 11, 2011 at 17:08

0 votes

Motivating yourself to actually write the code after you've designed something

answered Jun 23, 2011 at 1:35

-1 votes

Why is (position < size) such a prevalent pattern in conditionals?

answered Mar 12, 2013 at 19:43

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When should I make the first commit to source control?

Working for free?

What are the warning signs of impending doom to watch out for on a project?

How long do programmers generally stay in industry?

Staying alert and awake while coding

Should I use "Business logic" term when speaking about non-business application?

What's the career path for a developer who doesn't like management?

How to read thousands lines of code without any documentation?

Learn programming backwards, or "so I failed the FizzBuzz test. Now what?"

What mistakes do your users make, and how can you update your application to handle them?

Is it ok to learn from C# 2002 materials?

Company sends debug versions of software to clients

How old is "too old"?

Why are /// comment blocks important?

What was Ruby used for before Rails?

What to do with long variable names?

Why do web sites require certain characters in their credentials?

How do you keep track of complex business rules outside of code?

What can I do to get better at estimating how long projects are going to take?

Should companies require developers to credit code they didn't write?

As a software engineer, who should I be following on Twitter?

What is the proper way to create requirements documents?

How can I convince a project manager that there is no way to solve all the compatibility issues?

How to cure the "can not deliver"/ "cannot deliver on time syndrome"

How do I deal with analysis paralysis?

Real-time stock market application

Motivating yourself to actually write the code after you've designed something

Why is (position < size) such a prevalent pattern in conditionals?