A subject that comes up regularly is whether or not a formal Computer Science education makes better developers. I’ve worked with people with various levels of education/training Overall, I have seen no strong correlation between programming ability and level of formal CS education. Honestly, I haven’t seen a strong correlation between any of the different… Read More »
Over my career, I’ve come to realize there are some important truths that you should keep in mind. The senior people have experience. Pay attention to them. Senior people have seen more and likely have insight into subtle and/or complicated issues. They do not always have insight into your issue. But, their experience should not… Read More »
I’ve been spending a fair amount of my time the past few years helping hire programmers. I have also spent time training both entry-level and senior programmers. So, Jeff Atwood’s recent blog entry The Years of Experience Myth struck me as particularly interesting. While I agree that the number of years of experience a developer… Read More »
This week, there was an interesting post on Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror blog. This essay was on Shuffling. Shuffling is an application of random numbers, which is a particular interest of mine. I will write more on that subject in an upcoming essay. One of the comments caught my eye because it echoed a sentiment… Read More »