Andy Leonard called me out on the Software Development Meme, so here goes: How old were you when you first started programming? I was 16 and it was on a commodore 128. I still remember the GOSUB keyword :-)   How did you get started in programming? I got a commodore for my 16th birthday, at first I was mostly playing games but after a ...

After my The Sad State Of Programmers Part 1 : The Phone Interview series I got an email from a person. Thank you so much for making me realise how little I know.  I’ve been programming first in Microsoft Access VBA and VB6 since 1997 (Some little playing before that) and I migrated my Company’s systems to SQL & .NET about three years ...

This is part two of a three part series. Part one was about the phone interview, this part is about the in person interview. Part 3 is about general tips   The point of the in person interview is to see if the person will fit in with the rest of the people in the organization. This is where you get asked such wonderful questions like: How ...

I don't know if I should laugh or cry after looking at this code. This could not have been written by a human right? Anyway here it is, consider it a teaser. If you want to torture yourself and look at the whole query then go here: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1421304&page=1   HAVING (((1 = 1)AND (PP.Created >= ...

I just listened to the latest Hanselminutes podcast: Be a Better Developer in Six Months Scott Hanselman asks “what are you going to do in the next 6 months to become a better developer”? He suggest reading books, nerd dinners, having lunches together with other non competitive companies, watch webcasts together during lunch and code ...