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How to handle a TODO in a pull request?
When I review the changes in a pull request, I sometimes stumble upon a comment with a "TODO" note which may be there for different reasons, in our case mostly because of:
the solution used to solve ...
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Shall I use low quality insecure software if I'm asked to?
I work for a finance startup managing the technical stuff. The COO decided to create a new web site using a contract developer and the owner of the company paid for it ($9k). I'm asked to use the new ...
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Contributions of a problematic team member to an open source project [closed]
I'm currently coordinating the development of a software for a certain scientific computational task. The developers are all working on the project on a voluntary basis. Our goal is to publish the ...
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How should a senior programmer monitor another senior programmer?
I'm working with a new senior programmer who has almost the same amount of experience as me. He his own project to work on -- but I have to make sure he does not mess things up.
Now, how can I ...
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Is seniority/paygrade an important factor for effective QA members? [duplicate]
As a member of our company's QA team, I frequently get entirely unenthusiastic feedback from developers in their responses to test results in our agile, web-based software-as-a-service shop. Most of ...
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How does a non-technical manager add value to team of self-motivated software developers?
I am seeing a lot of programmers turning away from management and administration roles. They want to build stuff. And as a result, a lot of these positions are filled by non-technical people. I fail ...
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How do I prove to management that our programmers could work more productively? [duplicate]
Backstory
I graduated less than a year ago with a degree in Computer Science (with extra courses in software engineering), and another degree in Software Engineering. I'd like to think that I'm ...
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what is the best way to ensure accountability in code checkins?
Note: after writing this I realize that this question is perhaps philosophical, but I'm interested in how the industry handles this scenario regardless.
I have recently been working with a code base ...
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How to manage a developer who has poor communication skills
I manage a small team of developers on an application which is in the mid-point of its lifecycle, within a big firm. This unfortunately means there is commonly a 30/70 split of Programming tasks to "...
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Productivity enhancing development strategies for small teams
I think one of the best ways to learn and become a better programmer is to share knowledge gained from working on personal or work projects with others. One way to do this at the workplace is to set ...
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Generalize, or Fix The Problem?
Which of these two programmers is "better", from a managerial standpoint?
The first programmer is Albert. You tell Al to make a system that will pass you the salt at the dinner table. He does it in ...
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How should code "Goal Tending" be handled by a Development Manager?
First allow me to coin a term:
code goal-tending: Checking out code in the morning, then silently reviewing all of the changes made by the other developers the previous day
file by file, (...
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What you should do if your junior did not adopt your suggestion? [closed]
I am leading a team of 3-4 junior developers. My job-- besides writing code-- is to provide supervision and guidance for the juniors.
But, I fully understand how much developers cherish autonomy in ...
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What to do about team member who threatens to leave all the time and is difficult to work with? [closed]
I work in a small development group with 3 developers. We are loosely managed and have no structure to the team. There is no designated team leader and the manager is fairly hands off. The Senior ...
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My coworker is a nice guy, but his performance is sub-par. Do I tell my boss? [closed]
I was placed on a project about three months ago that was until then under development by a single, newly hired developer because it was falling behind. To be fair, the project is an interface to a ...
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How do you convince coworkers/stakeholders to try new technologies? [closed]
I've got a coworker/manager/stakeholder who is very conservative when it comes to adopting new technologies. I completely understand why: we have a lot of internal expertise with Java, MySQL/Postgres, ...
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code cowboy on the team
How do you deal with a team member who is senior to you and always jumps on other people's projects and completes them over night or over the weekend? She seems to work 80 hour weeks whether there is ...
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Bounty points for fixing bugs? [closed]
Ever heard of a company awarding bounty points for bugfixes? Making team members work to do the most, as some bonus money will be dependent on it? Having them split, or pay bounties to others to ...
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Should managers prohibit programmers from using IM in office? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Would you allow your programmers to use Messenger and social networks like Facebook?
A manager may believe that using IM clients in the office is not acceptable, but many ...
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How to create a "cult of quality" [closed]
DeMarco and Lister (Peopleware) suggest you create a "cult of quality" within your programming team. Frustratingly, they don't suggest how you go about doing that!
Anyone got any thoughts on how to ...
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Helpful articles on the subject of managing programmers? [closed]
What are the most helpful articles on the subject of managing programmers? I came across this one recently, and thought it was excellent -
The unspoken truth about managing geeks
What else is out ...
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