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Number of Comments: 291
Number of Words: 19,360
First Comment: 22 Jan 2002
Final Comment: 23 Sep 2003

Number of Topics Posted: 9
First Topic: 19 Apr 2002
Latest Topic: 21 Jul 2003
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23 Sep 2003   Good News for Americ....   Sgt. Sausage, When it comes to shipping work ov....   >>  
   Off-shoring question   Jonathen, Post an ad in times of india, pray    >>  
08 Sep 2003   Distribute Tests Acr....   It is certainly possible, but has your boss consid....   >>  
   Honors Major in Comp....   Alyosha, I was simply throwing out patents as a....   >>  
      If the guy from Podunk had 15 patents, and the BSE....   >>  
04 Sep 2003   Interview Questions ....   'What do you spend all your spare cash on' Wh....   >>  
   the open source busi....   'People actually expect airplanes to stay in the....   >>  
   Crystal Reports Depl....   One option is to execute the report via command li....   >>  
29 Aug 2003   50 Indian Software f....   CMM 5 I believe means they use the same process fo....   >>  
28 Aug 2003   Licensing Legalities   Giorgio, I disagree, READ THE LICENSE, some lic....   >>  
18 Aug 2003   J2EE: Sessions with ....   Three Options (and not just J2EE) Store session....   >>  
13 Aug 2003   Ship Mode   Ship mode = (reasonabletimeline) - (salesandmarket....   >>  
10 Aug 2003   How to check which t....   hmmm ... if a string passed via url is automatical....   >>  
06 Aug 2003   Joel's market mistak....   'From looking at your list of who's who's. IBM ma....   >>  
04 Aug 2003   When you can't find ....   Companies what people who are already doing the ex....   >>  
02 Aug 2003   They Just Fired the ....   Have sales replace the QA for UI integration testi....   >>  
01 Aug 2003   Managing your manage....   how about manipulating manipulative people?   >>  
31 Jul 2003   What should the mini....   Look at open source programs this way: they free p....   >>  
30 Jul 2003   Outsourcing Honesty ....   While I wish it were so, it ain't. The discussion....   >>  
   how to ditch bad, sm....   They may or may not have pull in the real world, b....   >>  
25 Jul 2003   company car   Pay the deductible The ethics thing is manipula....   >>  
24 Jul 2003   Questions for CEO in....   Ask CEO's where VPs of marketing, engineering and ....   >>  
23 Jul 2003   Best CRM/customer su....   get a site license from joel   >>  
21 Jul 2003   Burnout Question   >>  
21 Jul 2003   Burnout Question   Actually picking up Fred, the referrals are starti....   >>  
18 Jul 2003   I hate table definit....   think of them as the requirements for data they wa....   >>  
16 Jul 2003   Linux in Munich... D....   'This is going to cost them a fortune. I mean, the....   >>  
13 Jul 2003   Indian employees rej....   Um sorry to say but the are talking about Customer....   >>  
03 Jul 2003   is a profiler includ....   Its a JVM option java -EProf, java -hprof etc ... ....   >>  
01 Jul 2003   Version control with....   you can do a diff in tables with reports from micr....   >>  
29 Jun 2003   Does Java Suck?   What app server are you running on? is it tomcat/....   >>  
28 Jun 2003   developer doing desi....   find the eventual user and get them to do the test....   >>  
27 Jun 2003   one project leading ....   'Is there somewhere on earth web forms are not con....   >>  
25 Jun 2003   Retroactive Advice   If you wan't to learn something don't set foot in ....   >>  
24 Jun 2003   Rearranging Furnitur....   'Full Regression Testing is done automatically all....   >>  
22 Jun 2003   Thoughts on VCs and ....   unless a founder can work without the VC's. Als....   >>  
21 Jun 2003   Finding People   Are you taking QA types too or just programmers?   >>  
20 Jun 2003   Web+Client Server De....   don't they have some meta language you can write y....   >>  
16 Jun 2003   Business Cycles   but I sometimes think that many people in the rece....   >>  
13 Jun 2003   Not my problem...   I worked in a company where the support dept couln....   >>  
      The only reason this stuff happens is somehow it i....   >>  
   Folder compare utiti....   don't need a perl script to comapre fed them into ....   >>  
12 Jun 2003   Smart/Funny/Stupid C....   In java at least (C++ may be different), you alwa....   >>  
11 Jun 2003   Survey:: Personality....   ENTP   >>  
07 Jun 2003   Want feedback on new....   Hi, put the language reference on the site, I don'....   >>  
05 Jun 2003   Worst Java IDE ever?   visual cafe 2.0-3.0 used to crash every time you r....   >>  
01 Jun 2003   How much a programme....   This is the difference between experienced and ine....   >>  
   What do you tell the....   How about: thank you for looking past the crush....   >>  
   Top 10 Indicators yo....   You fire your intern kids hoping to replace them w....   >>  
31 May 2003   There's too much fea....   Actually It is not neccessary that people be good ....   >>  
27 May 2003   j2ee installer   Portability is an issue in commercial J2EE product....   >>  
26 May 2003   Simultaneous virtual....   What OS are you running on?   >>  
   j2ee installer   Yeah, but does JRun even take .ears? I know tomcat....   >>  
      I know Websphere has its proprietary admin console....   >>  
23 May 2003   Movies and the Mind ....   Wow, here goes 1. animal house 2. cabaret 3. ....   >>  
22 May 2003   finding educated wor....   ------- It's not 'cool' to be smart or to study....   >>  
16 May 2003   ICQ in one week?   I have been asked code questions, but never submit....   >>  
14 May 2003   DOUBLE STANDARDS   competition drops, prices in america increase, ame....   >>  
13 May 2003   Java programmers ove....   Yes you are right, yes you should have your code r....   >>  
   How Many - COBOL Mai....   In India? thousands    >>  
09 May 2003   Java 1.5 – a huge ph....   Now if they made swing or awt a credible ui, that ....   >>  
      I wouldn't say huge, but seems nice, and I would s....   >>  
08 May 2003   How does productivity get measured where you work?   >>  
08 May 2003   What  are some ....   some comapnies think: "our customers are stupid"   >>  
   Visual Basic on the ....   'So the question is, with .Net what point does lan....   >>  
      'While you can write C code in C++, you will be ha....   >>  
07 May 2003   The generation gap   Ged, I think the people in your particular dept....   >>  
06 May 2003   How to manage a doom....   DOn't forget there is one more dimension to time v....   >>  
05 May 2003   How would I move Mou....   Something I learned the weekend: Moving Mount F....   >>  
03 May 2003   Compensation   'They get paid big because they take big risks' L....   >>  
02 May 2003   Layoff Snafus   It doesn't sound idealistic at all, I think we hav....   >>  
   Announcing a termina....   Hmmm intersting, bit in most "civilian companies, ....   >>  
01 May 2003   Layoff Snafus   >>  
01 May 2003      On a brighter note, When they laid me off at sc....   >>  
   Philo's been sacked ....   Hi Philo, It looks like you gained some notorie....   >>  
30 Apr 2003   Web Services   It'll never happen but generic parts of any kind (....   >>  
29 Apr 2003   Programmers, Languag....   I wonder why no one has sued the pants off sun or ....   >>  
   Managers- is employe....   Actually . The reason I ask is that this stuff ....   >>  
28 Apr 2003   Managers- is employees work part of their comp   >>  
28 Apr 2003   How to launch a brow....   As long as you don't need the newer features your ....   >>  
      Also If you can get a hold of MSFTs JVM they may h....   >>  
      you can talk to the shell directly as Runtime.getR....   >>  
27 Apr 2003   Programmer's Secreta....   I would describe it as "project manager"   >>  
26 Apr 2003   will struts save me ....   NO   >>  
25 Apr 2003   So everyone has read E-Myth   >>  
25 Apr 2003   Ideal office   light and reasonably quiet thats it   >>  
   Striking Out On Your....   I would say that that is true, but quality is in t....   >>  
24 Apr 2003      Also, consider this that developers are not the on....   >>  
      More on this later but Gerber does not suggest hir....   >>  
      Another good one is: How to Master the Art of Sel....   >>  
      p.s. E stands for entrepeneur (this book was first....   >>  
      I've been reading a lot on this and my favorite on....   >>  
   IIT is highly overhy....   Every Institution is overhyped   >>  
19 Apr 2003   Does contributing co....   Eric, I mean - will it help a person get a job ....   >>  
18 Apr 2003      'If you've developed anything really good, and you....   >>  
17 Apr 2003   Does contributing code to open source pay off   >>  
17 Apr 2003   Trivial English Lang....   I wonder if cave-men manufacturing the new "Spiked....   >>  
15 Apr 2003   What to do about sle....   Eat a smaller lunch, more excercise   >>  
12 Apr 2003   Professionals .... b....   Hmmm... free people from all government restrictio....   >>  
11 Apr 2003   Lisp Man says Java i....   No descendants eh ... Microsoft's C# comes to mind....   >>  
10 Apr 2003   startup company offe....   If it was 1000/mo and I liked the idea, and I had ....   >>  
09 Apr 2003   If you were not a de....   hmmm intersting that not one person except me want....   >>  
07 Apr 2003   Sick of being stuck ....   just got an assignment for testing wireless device....   >>  
05 Apr 2003   If you were not a de....   Insurance Agent   >>  
01 Apr 2003   web app testing   if you are willing to write test code in java, htt....   >>  
      be more specific: What do you want to test? data ....   >>  
27 Mar 2003   Personal Projects   I actually work in tools development (currently ma....   >>  
   Coding: Means or End....   'I like the 'zone'. The feeling you get when ever....   >>  
25 Mar 2003   Greed and Total Cost....   'Here is the way I see it. Someone offers you a wa....   >>  
23 Mar 2003   What One Recruiter R....   As one recruiter friend of mine said- 'you get pai....   >>  
22 Mar 2003      Recruiters do have a usefull skill, they are willi....   >>  
   future of software e....   'Just speculating: Executable (UML?) models. ' ....   >>  
   Persisting J2EE Web ....   oops didn't read your post will, yep method three ....   >>  
      Try this, give everyone a session id, have an obje....   >>  
20 Mar 2003      Also look at struts   >>  
      meant to say JSP/Servlet   >>  
      Every JSP Servlet ... has a session object  (....   >>  
18 Mar 2003   Spread Sheet/Grid Fu....   can we assume the user has excel installed on thei....   >>  
09 Mar 2003   Parade Magazine - Wh....   give pigs a break, he probably hasn't worked a yea....   >>  
   Pair Programming Exp....   My most enjoyable days doing anything have come wh....   >>  
   The personal voice.   'Massive kudos to Joel for recognizing the lack of....   >>  
06 Mar 2003   Software Development....   How about this, the software industry is like the ....   >>  
03 Mar 2003   Where are these ment....   A lot of the smarter potential mentors will refuse....   >>  
27 Feb 2003   Philosophy of long h....   > Seriously, resist by working smarter and more pr....   >>  
      'You should use your evil genius side and do what ....   >>  
      The problem with the current generation of techies....   >>  
26 Feb 2003      Not refering to anyone in particular, but coould t....   >>  
24 Feb 2003   Ranking projects by ....   (Borrowd from how a former professor who used to g....   >>  
22 Feb 2003   Favorite telnet clie....   secureCRT   >>  
21 Feb 2003   Least admirable peop....   <>>  
   tester or developer?   'When I speak of QA, I mean to include every activ....   >>  
      By the way did anyone ever see the Dilbert Cartoon....   >>  
      The trick is always to find people who appreciate ....   >>  
      Bored Bystander When you talk about QA skills y....   >>  
20 Feb 2003      Practical Geezer, I have never heard of QA vs T....   >>  
      Depends what you like better, also know for sure w....   >>  
19 Feb 2003   Discrimination: Lear....   <<>>  
   Computer Programmer'....   But Tapiwa, the trade, tariff,tax, subsidy law....   >>  
18 Feb 2003   current salary level....   Don't want to say exactly, but last year was my be....   >>  
17 Feb 2003   Becoming a highly co....   An architect is somene who takes at least 15 minut....   >>  
   Computer Programmer'....   <<>>  
      'The only right we have is the right to offer our ....   >>  
16 Feb 2003      Don't forget that a union and association are two ....   >>  
   Problems with Softwa....   'The main inward facing responsibilities of this g....   >>  
15 Feb 2003      <>>  
14 Feb 2003   Tell me again, why J....   'However, when designing server-side/cgi programs ....   >>  
   Problems with Softwa....   Phillip Wrote: << 'I have heard from a few succe....   >>  
      1. 'Instead, they act as a referee - general guida....   >>  
      Expanding on prakash's point It is hard to aqui....   >>  
   Star Trek?   'Star Trek (TOS) was a geek mainstay through the m....   >>  
12 Feb 2003   Relocation to India   wipro   >>  
      times of india   >>  
06 Feb 2003   IT Outsourcing Overs....   The first article is not a good arguement because ....   >>  
05 Feb 2003   "Really" Starting a ....   Don Wallace wrote: 'It's especially interesting....   >>  
04 Feb 2003   The Perfect Code   Each Engineer would have his own distribution of b....   >>  
03 Feb 2003   Smokers   'How about beer breaks for people like me who like....   >>  
29 Jan 2003   random programming g....   I have been that guy, and no they don't hire for t....   >>  
   Where is the industr....   Actually to add one other thing, I think that comp....   >>  
      This may be seperate thread material, but I think ....   >>  
28 Jan 2003   The Problem With Jav....   .NET wraps win32, and uses a VM, it probably does ....   >>  
   How many times do yo....   For me the best way is to start talking about it t....   >>  
27 Jan 2003   Quality Assurance fo....   Image outputs are hard to test a couple of ideas- ....   >>  
22 Jan 2003   Formatting the hard ....   Ah, you aren't (your reinstalling visual studio), ....   >>  
      I really hope you mean re-image, otherwise you are....   >>  
21 Jan 2003   RSI   Had it twice, I gnored it, went away.   >>  
20 Jan 2003   C++ == Crap   Didn't read the whole thread, maybe someone alread....   >>  
16 Jan 2003   Just had one of thos....   '...all the idiots spinning their wheels w/o a has....   >>  
07 Jan 2003   Shelf-Life Of A Prog....   28 and my story is almost exactly the same as sche....   >>  
03 Jan 2003   So...Joel's Still Us....   If youre using access why not?   >>  
31 Dec 2002   Promoting software   What does your software do Boris?   >>  
30 Dec 2002   Did you stake your c....   Ah, but "software" is not one business, you can al....   >>  
24 Dec 2002   Your opinion on the ....   In SF you can find 2 bedrooms in the 1800 range, i....   >>  
   Managing bugs in oth....   Or wrap and delegate for that matter?   >>  
      Dont know the language you are dealing with, but i....   >>  
23 Dec 2002   I'm Peeved ...   Check out http://bookpool.com you can get 30-40....   >>  
19 Dec 2002   Interviewing Tips   'Play to win. Try to play an active part in th....   >>  
18 Dec 2002   Overseas Outsourcing....   Some guesses about the near future 1- jobs leav....   >>  
16 Dec 2002   JSP + EJB (+ Java Be....   >>  
   Mr. Moneybags   >>  
12 Dec 2002   Should I be a Progra....   Yes you shold   >>  
   Joel on the Economy ....   However, I will humor you further ....What d....   >>  
      Why do you want to know?   >>  
      'Hmmm ... you seem to be implying that no one hire....   >>  
      Yes, but companies hire Computer Programmers not C....   >>  
09 Dec 2002   Which language will ....   They dont add anything new, but make some old stuf....   >>  
      Here is an interesting question (keep in mind I ow....   >>  
05 Dec 2002   Hiring   'Don't worry, I won't hire overseas when people in....   >>  
04 Dec 2002      Hi PC, If you decide to go with an overseas shop, ....   >>  
12 Nov 2002   QA in an organizatio....   We did have QA, but a lot of times, some really gr....   >>  
   Load Testing really ....   Having some experience with this, stuff that could....   >>  
30 Oct 2002   J2EE vs .NET   I think the clincher is this: EJB's do not belong....   >>  
   Enjoyable experience....   Hey Bella, had a contract there loved every sin....   >>  
29 Oct 2002      schwab=heaven   >>  
24 Oct 2002   Hiring superstars?   Has anybodody here actually had a prima-donna deve....   >>  
   Standard Contracts   Refund the clients/agencies money for the day   >>  
   On Guerrillas and Mi....   This is the key thing I wan't answered in any inte....   >>  
16 Oct 2002   Is faster hardware c....   old machines are also good for running back end st....   >>  
   Employment   Do you have a Phd?   >>  
      Employed, actually at a pretty good place, but no ....   >>  
14 Oct 2002   The advertising empe....   The problem with Image advertising especially in t....   >>  
      Ah Alex, So what people mean is IMAGE advertisi....   >>  
      I used to own a painting business, I would sen....   >>  
03 Oct 2002   Project Management f....   Actually one more thing, being a good PM requires ....   >>  
      'Would you have talken a job as, for example, a C+....   >>  
01 Oct 2002   Starting a Functiona....   easier to train new engineers-tell the boss how mu....   >>  
30 Sep 2002      this assumes you have a good memory and work on on....   >>  
      Less disputes between testing, development and PM,....   >>  
      easier to train new engineers easier to go back a....   >>  
19 Sep 2002   CodeCharge Studio?   for JSP at least: no beans no custom tags, but ....   >>  
15 Sep 2002   Advertising vs. word....   I do know something about bea, and JBoss is not th....   >>  
14 Sep 2002      Yep, but who cares what "people" think, they don't....   >>  
      Not sure how many people here live in the bay area....   >>  
      I think joel is mainly talking about big ticket it....   >>  
10 Sep 2002   How do "platforms" m....   You could cut your grass with scissors... When ....   >>  
09 Sep 2002      True, but you can develop using only notepad   >>  
      VB runtime simple, it encourages developers to cre....   >>  
   Outsourcing limits i....   *Would you buy a car from your in house 'car devel....   >>  
29 Aug 2002   J2EE, .NET - what wa....   Greenspun had a good article on enterprise apps an....   >>  
27 Aug 2002   What is the future o....   As far as java dying: Enterprises still use unix ....   >>  
   *Interesting* Projec....   'Funny how something that has literally changed th....   >>  
24 Aug 2002   Return on Investment....   >It usually works like this: ># of hours it wou....   >>  
23 Aug 2002      I can't believe, it by I actually agree with bella....   >>  
16 Aug 2002   programmitc http uploads in java   >>  
16 Aug 2002   how to make money in....   80% being still a ptetty tidy sum! (figure 160-200....   >>  
      support/maintain existing software for less! i.e. ....   >>  
14 Aug 2002   Why you should norma....   Access is king baby   >>  
02 Aug 2002   the best company to ....   Personic was also nice, competent managers, no cra....   >>  
   development manager   >Being able to convince ignorant developers of the....   >>  
01 Aug 2002   the best company to ....   Read a good article on SAS a while back.   >>  
   development manager   - Know your team's capabilites! - Know What pro....   >>  
28 Jul 2002   Really, how good is ....   bella, yes your latest post is true, but on some....   >>  
      re: 'I looked it on on MS Web-Site' Also, bella d....   >>  
      excuse me change "waiting for a transaction to fin....   >>  
      Bella, pessimistic locking does have to do with gr....   >>  
   Poll w moral: Who we....   not acusing every person of being bella, lose the ....   >>  
27 Jul 2002   Really, how good is ....   I have only seen Access crash when someone does so....   >>  
   Poll w moral: Who we....   see my reminders work!!! >I don't believe the w....   >>  
25 Jul 2002      By the way, you forgot to respond as Joe AA.   >>  
      Simply giving you a taste of your medecine, if you....   >>  
24 Jul 2002      I call you a troll, bella, because you state your ....   >>  
23 Jul 2002      Hey look bella's other personality is a troll too   >>  
21 Jul 2002      Allright bella, you made your point now crawl back....   >>  
      At first I thought Bella might be somewhat serious....   >>  
      Bella Proves a lot of my views about H1B's yes old....   >>  
08 Jul 2002   The key to working 4....   In cases where this really is a true statement, ha....   >>  
02 Jul 2002   Java Book   The one by wrox press is my favorite   >>  
24 Jun 2002   Strategy Letter V vs....   RE: http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?mss:6....   >>  
18 Jun 2002   Sun's Apparent Ooooo....   My guess is that java was a response directly to v....   >>  
11 Jun 2002   This chef has no clo....   or that it will handle 10,000,000 transactions/sec....   >>  
10 Jun 2002      One thing people underestimate is software is chea....   >>  
07 Jun 2002   Computer Science quo....   I would say that the there are two big differences....   >>  
06 Jun 2002      It would be a waste of time for the people who cre....   >>  
17 May 2002   Outsourcing Developm....   One thing I always wanted to see if it would work ....   >>  
13 May 2002      Some other important differences between making st....   >>  
      In a typical big software company or ITShop only a....   >>  
12 May 2002   application platform....   What does "for non-programmers" mean   >>  
09 May 2002   Reinventing a Mainfr....   Go into project management!   >>  
08 May 2002   .NET *is* Java   What sane manager would allow development in more ....   >>  
   How to spot a bad co....   H1-B 'it is possible to become larry ellison, or ....   >>  
      I am so tempted to agree with you ... except for t....   >>  
      H1-B, Why are you assuming the HS student wants 80....   >>  
07 May 2002      I just thought of something else thats Intersting ....   >>  
      In fact I am hoping to fuel some economic growth w....   >>  
      Also, Nick I did not say 'a lot of', I said mostly....   >>  
      Question Nick, top 10 by amount or top 10 by perce....   >>  
      'I'm guessing your bad experience with H1-Bs was b....   >>  
06 May 2002      'the whole H1-B 'controversy' is embarrassing. Mos....   >>  
      H1B's pay ALL taxes including social security and ....   >>  
03 May 2002      Acouple of issues: 1. I am not against the H1 p....   >>  
   private office   I've found that I get used to background nois, its....   >>  
02 May 2002   How to spot a bad co....   G. Groat- I was not talking about nationality, I ....   >>  
      ask what is percentage of H1's working in company ....   >>  
01 May 2002   private office   Here is a hypothesis on the office vs cube vs desk....   >>  
   Other management ide....   Actually I wonder if airbus flight software is ope....   >>  
27 Apr 2002   Degrees are good (ak....   Running rebel: some more good examples: michigan....   >>  
      no running rebel, I mean a UC vs. university of sp....   >>  
26 Apr 2002      Doug, if I were asked in desposition the question....   >>  
      also bella, public vs private lets test this one: ....   >>  
      Actually bella, if you had read my post more caref....   >>  
23 Apr 2002   What about advanced degrees for ba's   >>  
23 Apr 2002   Enlightened companie....   'My father is a physician and he does not worry ab....   >>  
22 Apr 2002   Test Plan Insanity   '...testing any additional implmentations' so....   >>  
      couple of tips: 1. You NEED to work with product ....   >>  
21 Apr 2002   what about us libera....   'worth doing unless you really need the money and ....   >>  
19 Apr 2002   what about us liberal arts majors   >>  
17 Apr 2002   Where do you go to t....   I used to work with a guy, a very devout christian....   >>  
28 Mar 2002   How to Read a Comput....   Here is the problem with every computer book: ther....   >>  
11 Mar 2002   Writing Specs in the....   If you are planning to do more releases, Yes!!!!!!....   >>  
08 Mar 2002   Languages to learn?   Granted I don't know C, or C++, but from Languages....   >>  
04 Mar 2002   Aspect-oriented prog....   I've read about this stuff to, but I must confess ....   >>  
28 Feb 2002   Resume Selection   'Hmmm, did JavaScript for two years on small unkno....   >>  
24 Feb 2002   Daily Builds, lint, ....   If you use java most app servers have an option to....   >>  
21 Feb 2002   Why are you writing ....   For Example Selling Software, or Being a Product M....   >>  
12 Feb 2002   Bidding   Sorry Imeant to say Demo run smoothly, not sales r....   >>  
11 Feb 2002      Another intersting point is that "give away the st....   >>  
      It is kind of intersting how far sales has gone aw....   >>  
07 Feb 2002   Is the Web a Wank?   By the way I don't think any web-site I mentioned ....   >>  
      I highly disagree that mission critical applicatio....   >>  
30 Jan 2002   Making money with Op....   I was curious to find out what people think of sel....   >>  
22 Jan 2002   The eternal conflict....   Two points regarding the eternal conflict: First ....   >>  



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