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194 votes

Stored Procedures a bad practice at one of worlds largest IT software consulting firms?

26 votes
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At what point do immutable classes become a burden?

26 votes

What are the disadvantages of test-first programming?

17 votes
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Design: Object method vs separate class's method which takes Object as parameter?

15 votes
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How do you deal with changing requirements?

11 votes

Why do programmers write closed source applications and then make them free?

10 votes

Why do business analysts and project managers get higher salaries than programmers?

10 votes

Does giving a developer a slower development machine result in faster/more efficient code?

10 votes

How do you ascertain the quality of a potential employer's code before you take a position?

9 votes

Java or C++ for university CS courses?

8 votes

I'm a CS student, and honestly, I don't understand Knuth's books

8 votes

Why do people still say Java is slow?

8 votes
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UML representation of type being passed as a parameter

7 votes

Is the GoF book still the one to read?

7 votes

Are null references really a bad thing?

6 votes

Best way to naming classes and packages in Java

6 votes

Off-shore bug fixing

5 votes

Preparation for Ph.D

5 votes

What would you do if your client required you not to use object-oriented programming?

5 votes
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How does office bureaucracy affect code quality

4 votes

How often do you use Formal UML?

4 votes

Would you put your Stack Overflow profile link on your CV / Resume?

4 votes

Why do ads for s/w engineers always say they "offer a fast-paced environment"?

3 votes

Why does a computer science degree matter to a professional programmer?

3 votes

Should a web developer understand TCP/IP and how routers manage requests?

3 votes

RESTful API. Should I be returning the object that was created / updated?

3 votes

I'm graduating with a Computer Science degree but I don't feel like I know how to program

3 votes

How can I track quality attributes on my team's Kanban?

3 votes

What are the benefits of using database abstraction by ORM?

2 votes

Would you use UML if it kept stakeholders from requesting changes frequently?