I am a software engineer who would love to "disconnect" from the "company store" so-to-speak. This concept of Stack-Overflow is great...so, because I know that software engineers need coffee and food, how do you monetize this? Just wondering. ...
Not a technical question, but related to IT. At the moment I work in the open plan office and the guy next to me is talking to himself while programming. It annoys my collegue and me so much that we are putting the earphones on with music volume set to max. Does anyone know good and polite solution to shut him up? ...
I've been working for about a year in this start-up as a developer and in this time I've managed to get acquainted with the technologies we're working with. However, there's this one client that I've grown fond of over time and for which I've devoted my full attention and expertise when needed. The problem is my boss wants to expand the ...
A very simple question: Does anybody know of any good references that scientifically prove the effects that listening to various types of music while coding might have on a developer? Workplaces typically provide some sort of reference library to help their developers be more productive. Would it also be conducive to productivity if so...
Hi, I know that i18n -> i nternationalizatio n (18 letters), log4j -> log for java (4 -> four -> for), c14n -> c anonicalizatio n (14 letters), and so on. What are the names of these natural langages techniques ? It's sort of rebus, puzzle, jokes ? Is there some doc on that ? Thanks. ...
A lot of big companies use open-plan offices, which, IMO, are not great for team development. I personally prefer smaller squared off sections of office for the team. I find this focuses background chat and encourages communication far better than a team spread thinly around an open-place office. What do you find works/doesn't work? ...
Hello, I was employed as a C programmer, and that is why I choice this company. I have been here 4 years. However, the company is thinking of changing our product to a different programming language (Java). I can understand the need for change. However, I don't want to learn a different language when I was employed specifically to do C ...
Possible Duplicate: Audio while programming I know it's not an actual code how-to question...I also know it varies from coder to coder, but... It would be useful for me to see what other people have to say about it. So what have you all found to be the best for you? Hard Rock? Classical? Techno? Does it just depend on your mo...
I've got a warning that this question might be subjective and is likely to be closed, but I'm giving it a shot. My question is whether you, as a programmer, really use all the newest technologies and methodologies? Be it TDD, agile, new design patterns, newest iterations of technologies (.NET, WPF, Java, etc.). I read about them all o...
This is not only a question, this is also a call for help. Since I started my career as a programmer, I always tried to learn from my mistakes. I worked hard to learn best-practices and while I don't consider myself a C++ expert, I still believe I'm not a beginner either. I was recently hired into a company for C++ development. There I...
We have an office sound system and most of the time it's pumping out really distracting playlists. Can you recommend or share a Spotify playlist that you listen to when you code? ...