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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Mr Jack' | ||
| View all Jossers sorted by : Name | Comments | Words | First Comment | Final Comment | ||
Number of Comments: 420 |
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| Number of Words: 16,487 | ||
| First Comment: 02 Jul 2002 | ||
| Final Comment: 31 Aug 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 10 |
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| First Topic: 08 Oct 2002 | ||
| Latest Topic: 19 Aug 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 31 Aug 2004 | My mind seems to hav.... | The full text: http://charles-darwin.classic-liter.... >> |
| Americans need learn.... | 'Americans need learn foreign language?' Sounds.... >> | |
| 27 Aug 2004 | Typedef Insanity? (N.... | C, for some reason, spawned a vast number of idiot.... >> |
| Google AdWords is us.... | 'Every click is costing the advertiser, and I'm no.... >> | |
| I click on AdWords often. I find them rather usefu.... >> | ||
| 26 Aug 2004 | Do you know what I w.... | Google probably have the world's best statistics o.... >> |
| If MS Only Cares Abo.... | We blame MS because MS have a monopoly - once you .... >> | |
| Source Code analysis.... | Doxygen is near-useless on code that hasn't been c.... >> | |
| 25 Aug 2004 | Psychology in the wo.... | The chapter you are looking for is called 'Open Ki.... >> |
| Read PeopleWare? >> | ||
| When do you update R.... | Just use dates. >> | |
| 24 Aug 2004 | Manual vs. Automatic.... | It is possible that my opinion on Automatic vs. Ma.... >> |
| 'Plus we have a less traffic lights and more round.... >> | ||
| 23 Aug 2004 | I considered getting a smartCar but they're: a..... >> | |
| Not-so-hypothetical .... | I will give my standard advice: avoid the gaming i.... >> | |
| 20 Aug 2004 | How bad is goto, rea.... | Your text book example rollback might be OK in C, .... >> |
| I've seen goto in a fair amount of 'C++' (C++ writ.... >> | ||
| Automatic vs. manual.... | Which is an entirely fair, and rational, reason fo.... >> | |
| So does running £100 near-wrecks the whole time, b.... >> | ||
| Bargaining for more .... | Hmm... perhaps I should read rest of thread before.... >> | |
| And for that matter, have you no friends? No-one w.... >> | ||
| How old is your daughter? Can she not just let her.... >> | ||
| Google Censoring sit.... | Why? Surely you've known programmers so bad they d.... >> | |
| 19 Aug 2004 | Joel's new book. >> | |
| 19 Aug 2004 | Why so much negativi.... | Do corporations produce employment? I don't think .... >> |
| How do you prepare a.... | 'No, I haven't, but I thought the general consensu.... >> | |
| 'It's like software development: the ship date is.... >> | ||
| I make sure I don't wash for a few weeks, so that .... >> | ||
| Coworkers who won't .... | Salad cream is evil, and must die. >> | |
| 18 Aug 2004 | Uses for the C keywo.... | No such situation exists. >> |
| 'auto' has no function. It is merely a hold-over f.... >> | ||
| Google Censoring sit.... | Is that a joke, or are you really that ignorant? >> | |
| Good. I'm glad Google is putting morality above.... >> | ||
| sick days | 'Company A gives 3 weeks vacation plus 2 weeks sic.... >> | |
| Annual Leave | 'How sad is it that companies are forced by the po.... >> | |
| Working as a SW Deve.... | I have a friend who is working in Japan (although .... >> | |
| 17 Aug 2004 | sick days | I would absolutely NEVER work for a company with a.... >> |
| I find the notion of a set number of sick days odd.... >> | ||
| I take sick days if I'm ill. If I was an employ.... >> | ||
| Coworkers who won't .... | Come on, muppet, don't girly out on us now. >> | |
| 'Just stand up and politely announce that you 'hav.... >> | ||
| Do they 'suit you, sir?' >> | ||
| Why is that every fucking idiot on the internet us.... >> | ||
| Ah, it's the traditional 'better-than-thou' 'tard .... >> | ||
| Ah..... Karma.... Muppet gets what Muppet deser.... >> | ||
| Annual Leave | And you don't pay £2.50 (ish) a bottle in duty in .... >> | |
| Actually, Britain has the worst annual leave packa.... >> | ||
| new management fad: .... | 'If you can find an employer who will be satisfied.... >> | |
| 16 Aug 2004 | Poll | That depends, am I being paid by the hour? >> |
| Annual Leave | There is a legal minimum of 4 weeks per year in th.... >> | |
| Wow! Isn't that a given? >> | ||
| Next time I move jobs (which probably won't be for.... >> | ||
| Coldfusion programme.... | 'They have their contact information as image!' .... >> | |
| 13 Aug 2004 | develop cross-platfo.... | From that webpage 'The Visual C++ 1.5 compiler for.... >> |
| Any effort you put in developing a cross-platform .... >> | ||
| The truth, TWT, ANBT.... | You would not be lying, but you be deceiving. >> | |
| How do you destroy a.... | If you don't like pointers, you're a pathetic C or.... >> | |
| Python: Whitespace a.... | 'What are the good Python IDEs or Python-aware edi.... >> | |
| 'You actually read or edit code using something th.... >> | ||
| 12 Aug 2004 | Determining a Produc.... | I would say that was a sufficent response. Build i.... >> |
| Python: Whitespace a.... | Not to mention that in a variable spaced font the .... >> | |
| Tabs allows you to vary indentation to taste, with.... >> | ||
| The whitespace trick in python is it's single grea.... >> | ||
| 11 Aug 2004 | How do you deal with.... | Talk to your manager. Let them deal with it. >> |
| CityDesk | 'So maybe Joel SHOULD devote less time to build bu.... >> | |
| Why _shouldn't_ enter give you a <p>? You pr.... >> | ||
| 10 Aug 2004 | disclaimer and terms.... | That's _Mr_ Jack to you. >> |
| Get real, Patrick, you'll find a honest serial rap.... >> | ||
| 09 Aug 2004 | Too many bells and w.... | Who cares if the product has more features? I don'.... >> |
| 06 Aug 2004 | Logo design costs | You think that's bad - my old students union spent.... >> |
| Preincrement vs. pos.... | Good point. My phrasing was sloppy - in my defense.... >> | |
| 'Except where noted, the order of evaluation of op.... >> | ||
| Are you sure about that Peter? Have you actually c.... >> | ||
| Yes, the compiler will optimise it out for int, no.... >> | ||
| Microsoft Version Co.... | Why don't we use CVS? - because it doesn't just co.... >> | |
| 05 Aug 2004 | Diff program | Just downloaded Beyond Compare - 'tis far better t.... >> |
| I'm trialing ExamDiff Pro at the moment - it's alr.... >> | ||
| Hiring Mistakes | Talk them up constantly, say their talents are und.... >> | |
| 03 Aug 2004 | To change or not to .... | 'Bad working environment (they actually smoke insi.... >> |
| 02 Aug 2004 | IS PRIVATIZATION ans.... | After privatisation in Britain we have: 1. A wo.... >> |
| Word Sucks | I've never has Word 2000 crash. >> | |
| 30 Jul 2004 | Google toolbar popup.... | I've had a similiar thing - they seem to open a sm.... >> |
| Interviewing: common.... | I think when I started my first job I would have o.... >> | |
| Salary Reviews | Find a new job; any new job. Hand your notice in. .... >> | |
| Learning Curve for a.... | The Games industry is generally more willing than .... >> | |
| user-interfaces shou.... | Preach it! And my car should work the same way,.... >> | |
| Would I be a fool to.... | I will mostly only echo earlier advice. However I .... >> | |
| 28 Jul 2004 | Why the need to stam.... | Why do people feel the need to explain these thing.... >> |
| Paying a Sales Guy | Build a company that makes a profit, one you're ac.... >> | |
| 27 Jul 2004 | Programmer's hours | Dude! Get a new job. >> |
| 26 Jul 2004 | Third, er, sixth, er.... | But the big question is: when are they going to gi.... >> |
| 23 Jul 2004 | Quiet workplace: how.... | Go tell the fat cunts to shut up. If they don't li.... >> |
| Software piracy | Sure. It's not legal and it's not entirely ethical.... >> | |
| 22 Jul 2004 | Rewriting from Scrat.... | Rewriting from scratch while continuing the existi.... >> |
| 21 Jul 2004 | Design this GUI | Use a tree, distinguish between item types with su.... >> |
| Handwritten Document.... | 'Finally, just to brighten your day, there a fair .... >> | |
| '100 to 1, I wager you knew that when you were 7 y.... >> | ||
| 20 Jul 2004 | For several of my university courses, we were told.... >> | |
| My pointer stupidity | 'Besides from the obvious ugliness, what do you me.... >> | |
| All you need to do is add a null pointer terminato.... >> | ||
| 16 Jul 2004 | Do software franchis.... | We use an essentially similar system to sell, and .... >> |
| 09 Jul 2004 | this-> or no this.... | I assume anyone who puts 'this->' is a rank ama.... >> |
| 07 Jul 2004 | Name that mouse butt.... | I have a Logitech cordless mouse (which, BTW, is b.... >> |
| Job Titles | Why don't you ask _him_ what title he would prefer.... >> | |
| 06 Jul 2004 | Exception Handling -.... | There's a big discussion of why this is so somewhe.... >> |
| Hungerian standard+J.... | Hungarian is evil, and must die. >> | |
| 05 Jul 2004 | Suddenly Unicode bec.... | Actually, after a review of what Google can find o.... >> |
| Unless things have changed in the last few years I.... >> | ||
| 02 Jul 2004 | pressure from employ.... | Your mistake was agreeing to extent your 2 week no.... >> |
| 30 Jun 2004 | Business Names | Polkadot solutions? Last Name solutions? Lem.... >> |
| Advice for quitting .... | Shit in an envelope, send it back to him. He shoul.... >> | |
| 29 Jun 2004 | C/C++ portability wi.... | Why develop for multiple platforms at all? >> |
| Can you be a good C+.... | Actually... don't you mean F = ma? >> | |
| He's serious. Not even v=ma, or whatever you wrote.... >> | ||
| 28 Jun 2004 | $20 doesn't buy jack.... | So oil prices haven't gone up for any reason? Migh.... >> |
| 17 Jun 2004 | Why Apple and Sun Ca.... | Good post. >> |
| Highly Readable Font.... | 'traditionally because they're almost always more .... >> | |
| a case for non-manag.... | 'I'd be willing to bet that 10 years from now, man.... >> | |
| 16 Jun 2004 | How the browser comp.... | MD, saying untrue things multiple times doesn't ma.... >> |
| 'Seriously, people. Do you think 100% of the folks.... >> | ||
| QA process for games | There are two main reasons: 1. Consoles are a k.... >> | |
| I need a new monitor | So, MD, never let the facts get in the way of a go.... >> | |
| 15 Jun 2004 | Tech Interview Rant | What is the compelling reason to use static member.... >> |
| 14 Jun 2004 | PHP Email | Might I suggest a quick trip to your local booksto.... >> |
| 11 Jun 2004 | Number line -> Co.... | The 'number space' solves no interested problems t.... >> |
| caught someone in of.... | Yeah, if he had her bent of the bosses desk while .... >> | |
| 09 Jun 2004 | If he's married, and you hope to get some rebound .... >> | |
| Mock them at every available opportunity. Suggest .... >> | ||
| Avoiding Indecisiven.... | Disconnect his internet? >> | |
| 04 Jun 2004 | Windows XP SP2 And P.... | 'The last I heard they said that SP2 would not ins.... >> |
| 03 Jun 2004 | sounding off: Linux .... | By comparison, I recently set up pws, PHP and MySq.... >> |
| The rise of .NET | Aren't PHP and ColdFusion the competitors to ASP, .... >> | |
| 28 May 2004 | Printing Source Code.... | I suggest you simply type out what the output shou.... >> |
| 25 May 2004 | hiring someone who h.... | Can you imagine what would happen if football thou.... >> |
| Why would you care? >> | ||
| The real problem wit.... | Well, exactly, Win32 is awful because of backwards.... >> | |
| You wouldn't. You make a good OO (C++) API and .... >> | ||
| unindented HTML | Develop severe personality defects and you'll find.... >> | |
| 24 May 2004 | teach Procedural or .... | Having said I prefer OO, I also think that BlitzBa.... >> |
| OO is by far the best way to start. OO is a lot be.... >> | ||
| The real problem wit.... | The sad thing is, if they'd just write a decent AP.... >> | |
| 20 May 2004 | The last time you us.... | I use recursion to build, and compact, encoding tr.... >> |
| Using STL in MFC App.... | CString is one of the best classes in MFC, it is t.... >> | |
| Help me come up with.... | FleeceMeNow.com? >> | |
| 13 May 2004 | Where is the Ask Joe.... | Sorry to see the forum go, Joel. Although if we se.... >> |
| 11 May 2004 | Zen is closer | Well, I'd recommend my company replace GoldMine wi.... >> |
| Just shit in your hand, you're pretty close to bei.... >> | ||
| 30 Apr 2004 | Advice for a college.... | CS courses do not teach you programming, they teac.... >> |
| 29 Apr 2004 | Dictionary Add-In fo.... | Can't use use notes? >> |
| 27 Apr 2004 | Programmed Death of .... | Mastarbate furiously and regularly - it is very go.... >> |
| 26 Apr 2004 | Starting C++ | 'Petzold is where you start.' Petzold's book is.... >> |
| 23 Apr 2004 | Note for Americans? >> | |
| 23 Apr 2004 | code on a whiteboard | On a whiteboard you can erase the closing brace an.... >> |
| 22 Apr 2004 | relationship between.... | 'To use a different car analogy, a lot of people d.... >> |
| If you were learning to drive, would you go off an.... >> | ||
| 21 Apr 2004 | Unhappy transfer | Leave now! Really, really, leave now! Moving jo.... >> |
| Video Game Programmi.... | Oh, and anyone who thinks games have tight quality.... >> | |
| As a former games programmer, I'd say that games i.... >> | ||
| Horrible HandWrittin.... | Don't join up your writing. >> | |
| Annoying coworker ha.... | Counter-query. 'Why would that be better?' Learn t.... >> | |
| 19 Apr 2004 | learning CSS | O'Reilly. >> |
| Qualifications Now O.... | My experience is the opposite. Mainstream companie.... >> | |
| Advice 1: Don't go into the games industry. Adv.... >> | ||
| The big disadvantage.... | Historically many, many bad programmers wrote absy.... >> | |
| Extreme Anxiety abou.... | Flying is not a rational fear. If it were, no-one .... >> | |
| Go Hang-gliding... Seriously. >> | ||
| C-style variable def.... | - Isn't 'MyValiable : SomeType' a lot more readabl.... >> | |
| 15 Apr 2004 | Delphi | Is the future obviously .Net? Or is it going to be.... >> |
| Piracy detection | Your chances of getting caught are virtually nil, .... >> | |
| 14 Apr 2004 | Just write the code..... | Don't worry you can just refactor later; it's the .... >> |
| 08 Apr 2004 | Faking pass-by-value.... | The standard does not specify how a string class i.... >> |
| 07 Apr 2004 | Books to Help a Hack.... | If you give a shit about the quality of your code .... >> |
| 01 Apr 2004 | Wrapping code at 80 .... | I wouldn't actually say I'm opposed to monospaced .... >> |
| 31 Mar 2004 | Coding standards should not contain arbitary restr.... >> | |
| What possible reason is there to have a line longe.... >> | ||
| 30 Mar 2004 | Cyclic up and down i.... | Caffeine is evil - it reduces your ability to moti.... >> |
| Comments / code rati.... | 9500 lines of code; 1900 lines of comment, of whic.... >> | |
| A big usability leap.... | Speech recognition will happen, but only when it s.... >> | |
| 29 Mar 2004 | Hacks are good for y.... | Great find. Interesting read. >> |
| 25 Mar 2004 | Poll: What car do yo.... | 1. A shiny ford Mondeo which averages 18.8 mpg in .... >> |
| Is grokking pointers.... | 'This achievement was not only aided by, but depen.... >> | |
| 'Linguists often suggest that we are actually inte.... >> | ||
| Good Code / Bad Code.... | 'To not even TRY, is an abomination and to make ex.... >> | |
| So why _did_ they go.... | 'Well, that depends. If you ally with a Lawful Goo.... >> | |
| Microsoft fined $616.... | Microsoft weren't punished primarily for their dea.... >> | |
| 24 Mar 2004 | Local Candidates Onl.... | Sorry: Ron, not Rob. >> |
| So which of Rob's three points above do you feel i.... >> | ||
| Microsoft fined $616.... | EU Schmemoo, There's nothing like complete igno.... >> | |
| 17 Mar 2004 | const--use it? | Const is useful because it enforces what would oth.... >> |
| Bad Programming Team.... | (With prior apologies to Aussie Chick) 'Mr Jack.... >> | |
| 16 Mar 2004 | Anyone learn to program how they tell others to? >> | |
| 16 Mar 2004 | How to find out wher.... | Why do you want to be in an industry that has VC's.... >> |
| Tip of The Day: Usef.... | I didn't say we were a bad audience for them, I sa.... >> | |
| Surely anyone who reads Joel is almost by definiti.... >> | ||
| Bad Programming Team.... | You should look upon it as an opportunity to learn.... >> | |
| 12 Mar 2004 | How Should a novice .... | Whatever you do, don't learn C first. C will on.... >> |
| 10 Mar 2004 | What is wrong with S.... | If it runs out of space it just trashes all your f.... >> |
| 08 Mar 2004 | Is this harassment? | That's a really important fact we're missing here:.... >> |
| 05 Mar 2004 | Picking up math for .... | Don't go and buy that book! You won't need it. Mos.... >> |
| 03 Mar 2004 | Normal not to get pa.... | I'd suggest a simple no-work-til-I'm-paid policy w.... >> |
| Is My Company Secret.... | anon, '...but the interesting thing is that if .... >> | |
| Ask your company? >> | ||
| 02 Mar 2004 | Stress Less Ideas? | Beer. Or wine. >> |
| 01 Mar 2004 | Some reasons not to .... | The appreciation in value of my house has paid my .... >> |
| 27 Feb 2004 | Visual C++ build pro.... | Buy 'Large Scale C++ Software Design' by John Lako.... >> |
| 26 Feb 2004 | Blue background + An.... | 'Does anybody *really* use a variably spaced font .... >> |
| Fixed spaced fonts are so last century! Join the v.... >> | ||
| Working for Game Com.... | Reasons: The games industry is deeply, deeply f.... >> | |
| 25 Feb 2004 | Three words for you: DON'T DO IT! >> | |
| 12 Feb 2004 | Dim statement As Ann.... | If you don't want an overly verbose language stop .... >> |
| 10 Feb 2004 | Two blank spaces aft.... | Konrad, Get hold of a copy of 'The PC is not a .... >> |
| Two spaces after the full stop is a hang over from.... >> | ||
| 09 Feb 2004 | Programmers and Depr.... | No. I worked in a god awful job for two years, .... >> |
| Leave your job. Get a new one. Do it soon. >> | ||
| 05 Feb 2004 | Stopping viruses | Doesn't do much to stop viruses that spread via .d.... >> |
| Brilliant IDEs - VS .... | 'Surely you're not refering to 'find in all files'.... >> | |
| 04 Feb 2004 | ''find all reference to this', 'find all implement.... >> | |
| Pain Points- Outsour.... | From experience I can tell you in-house tester are.... >> | |
| 03 Feb 2004 | Giving Notice? | Just give your notice, and work it out if requeste.... >> |
| 29 Jan 2004 | Is Eiffel a contende.... | No language that doesn't have an extensive library.... >> |
| Why people can't kno.... | Coward, I refer you firstly to footnote 1 discu.... >> | |
| 'Example: Using psychology students at a single c.... >> | ||
| 28 Jan 2004 | Why people can't know. >> | |
| 28 Jan 2004 | I suggest you read the whole study before judging .... >> | |
| Think Joel is Wrong? | Apparently there is always a space before and afte.... >> | |
| 27 Jan 2004 | Frustated by (Near) .... | Sounds fantastic! What's the problem again? >> |
| 26 Jan 2004 | How much is 30K ster.... | £30k is a good wage in england; not fantastic but .... >> |
| 21 Jan 2004 | The most ridiculous .... | What has standing up in court got to do with anyth.... >> |
| 20 Jan 2004 | job references from .... | Ask a suitable mate to be your reference, if they .... >> |
| Stupid Move on the P.... | Microsoft couldn't sue if someone started marketin.... >> | |
| 16 Jan 2004 | Ever have guilt over.... | What is wrong with you people!?! Why on earth woul.... >> |
| 15 Jan 2004 | win32 c++ question (.... | Are you sure Ce supports the _wfopen call? I don't.... >> |
| 14 Jan 2004 | Interview Technique | There's a factor of 10 difference in speed between.... >> |
| Game development for.... | As someone who did indeed start programming by pro.... >> | |
| 08 Jan 2004 | Knowledge management.... | Talk to each other. Leave comments in code. >> |
| 07 Jan 2004 | static class members | Tried putting a global in a header file recently? >> |
| 05 Jan 2004 | The problem with CSV.... | Mr. Keepeace should use a properly written CSV par.... >> |
| 18 Dec 2003 | A clash of styles | Take the application as your starting point and sl.... >> |
| Voice Recognition - .... | Apart from insufficent software quality (which wil.... >> | |
| OS dominance | Passater, Sure, there are different versions of.... >> | |
| 17 Dec 2003 | That's what you get for producing stageringly good.... >> | |
| Why support windows? Because a single OS with an o.... >> | ||
| 12 Dec 2003 | Software Engineers: .... | Damn right! Nuclear weapons are the most powerful .... >> |
| Any bulletin board s.... | Who cares? So long as it runs on IE, you've got 99.... >> | |
| 05 Dec 2003 | American programmers.... | Salaries in the UK are just plain lower than in th.... >> |
| 03 Dec 2003 | how to get assertive | Get a job you don't find so unpleasant? I mean, se.... >> |
| how any interviews b.... | My first programming job took four interviews to l.... >> | |
| 02 Dec 2003 | Who to let go? | Seconded on the offer voluntary position. A word o.... >> |
| 01 Dec 2003 | Stupid specific inte.... | Would you rather have someone who is just smart; o.... >> |
| Interview Question | I see no reason why being able to program in the l.... >> | |
| how long to wait til.... | A friend of mine received a job offer from a compa.... >> | |
| Book recommendation .... | 'The Language Instinct' by Stephen Pinker, followe.... >> | |
| 28 Nov 2003 | I need a pay rise | RocketJeff, 1. Always say you were 'head-hunted.... >> |
| Anecdotal evidence again; but I have found I get a.... >> | ||
| Quite frankly, you don't need to give a reason. Ju.... >> | ||
| Oh, for goodness sake. Go and see your boss. Tell .... >> | ||
| 27 Nov 2003 | and or or | I think Brad said all that needs to be said. an.... >> |
| 25 Nov 2003 | Call me a tinkerer | Doh! you already said that. Shouldn't skim read. S.... >> |
| Gareth, not so. Constants have file scope in C++. >> | ||
| 'I took a pointer to it, incremented-decremented i.... >> | ||
| How, exactly, did you check? >> | ||
| What do I say to thi.... | "Here's a soft toy monkey, I respectfully suggest .... >> | |
| 21 Nov 2003 | World Class Programm.... | World Class Programmers DO NOT think coding is an .... >> |
| Why are we doing thi.... | Doing anything not for money is better than doing .... >> | |
| 20 Nov 2003 | Being pushed | -This is not legal advice- If I understand corr.... >> |
| 19 Nov 2003 | Sofware reseller ask.... | Providing he isn't asking for any kind of esclusit.... >> |
| how much your salary.... | Yeah but you'd have to live in America... >> | |
| 18 Nov 2003 | Er, let's see from Dec 2000 - Dec 2001, +11% Dec .... >> | |
| 14 Nov 2003 | Ok, seriously, why W.... | Windows has the most good software. The people .... >> |
| Peopleware and war g.... | And that has what exactly to do with O'my's commen.... >> | |
| 13 Nov 2003 | Why username and pas.... | And because it means you can have an easily identi.... >> |
| Because if you have only a password, there's no po.... >> | ||
| Peopleware and war g.... | O'my - what a sad, sad little man you are. >> | |
| C++ meta programming.... | As I program more C++ I use more templates and mor.... >> | |
| 10 Nov 2003 | Is there a market fo.... | Making (serious) money on shareware games is next .... >> |
| Object Oriented VS S.... | Oh, and to answer the original question. I woul.... >> | |
| If you don't think C++ supports encapsulation, you.... >> | ||
| C hash or C bang | We all call it C hash. Mostly just to take the pis.... >> | |
| 07 Nov 2003 | The best font for pr.... | CodeWarrior correctly lines up tabs in variable sp.... >> |
| Personally I use MS Sans Serif - fixed space fonts.... >> | ||
| Might I also suggest this font: http://rossm.ne.... >> | ||
| 05 Nov 2003 | physics | Real Science = Doesn't Know Everything. >> |
| 03 Nov 2003 | Benefits of a degree | Were I in the position of choosing candidates, I w.... >> |
| 31 Oct 2003 | chitchat | Office Space, sigh. Back to the original subjec.... >> |
| Online identity | Personally I use a nickname I am called in real li.... >> | |
| 29 Oct 2003 | D.O.D. CIO says "Uni.... | Unix is the betamax of operating systems; along wi.... >> |
| 23 Oct 2003 | Background color for.... | White on blue does it for me. A throwback to the b.... >> |
| 22 Oct 2003 | Terrorist profiles m.... | If we were looking at a medical screening procedur.... >> |
| Terror Profiles Don'.... | Is there any actual evidence that Osama was aiming.... >> | |
| 'No', huh, anon. I guess targetting civilians does.... >> | ||
| So, was America a terrorist nation during World Wa.... >> | ||
| Arrggghhh! Fixed siz.... | Aye, works for me. What browser are you using? >> | |
| 20 Oct 2003 | pricing structures | I'd go for fifty/fifty. It absolves any discussion.... >> |
| 17 Oct 2003 | An alternative to ex.... | ON ERROR PROCHandleError(); Ye olde basic way. >> |
| 16 Oct 2003 | Say it ain't so Joel | I don't see anything particularly surprising about.... >> |
| 15 Oct 2003 | Policy on exceptions.... | The only thing I would say against exceptions is t.... >> |
| What should programm.... | Now that I can agree with. In modern programming l.... >> | |
| I studied maths, not computing, at university. We .... >> | ||
| Why on earth do you think programmers need to know.... >> | ||
| A Clay Pot | No, no, no, writing software is very like making l.... >> | |
| 09 Oct 2003 | machine vs. human ch.... | Was Kasparov only beaten at speed chess, with a tw.... >> |
| 07 Oct 2003 | The Chinese governme.... | The Chinese government has a state-sponsered trans.... >> |
| IT Department Pet Pe.... | I hate it when people call me by my last night. If.... >> | |
| 06 Oct 2003 | Source code for Half.... | You try cutting the internet connection of thirty .... >> |
| 02 Oct 2003 | What's Happened to J.... | Tim, I'd do a couple of things to your CV. Firs.... >> |
| 01 Oct 2003 | Inheriting someone e.... | I find the best way is to find an 'annex' you buil.... >> |
| 26 Sep 2003 | How to make cleaning.... | I have a girlfriend. I find she does the job admir.... >> |
| 23 Sep 2003 | What tool do you mis.... | I miss StrongEd's list of found. Mmmm.... Shiny. >> |
| 22 Sep 2003 | How do we shut down .... | China is not part of the international copyright t.... >> |
| 19 Sep 2003 | MFC Annoyance | There are certainly build settings that need to be.... >> |
| CVS vs. Subversion | Can you not get Perforce? >> | |
| 16 Sep 2003 | Superstars | I believe demo versions of both are available, why.... >> |
| When did it end? | See that proves it - a professional would have kno.... >> | |
| About the same time programmers stop pretending th.... >> | ||
| Static variables - g.... | Definetely use a member variable. What you are des.... >> | |
| 15 Sep 2003 | You don't want to access it from outside _now_. Y.... >> | |
| I'd use a member variable. Using a static means: .... >> | ||
| How to deal with tea.... | Point out and explain his mistake to him before fi.... >> | |
| Overcoming Procrasti.... | Cut down on caffeine, and try to eat better and dr.... >> | |
| Adjusting requested .... | I had a friend who always refused any job he was o.... >> | |
| 04 Sep 2003 | Contract Negotiation.... | $100 an hour - $81 an hour != $29 an hour. >> |
| How to Dress? | Philo: You are correct Philo in stating there i.... >> | |
| Philo: He hasn't started yet. Not starting a jo.... >> | ||
| 1. Get a different job, there is utterly no reason.... >> | ||
| 21 Aug 2003 | Best Game Industrie .... | Most games programmers look for jobs in the back o.... >> |
| #define PRIVATE stat.... | Joel, It's not really a question of non-perfe.... >> | |
| 20 Aug 2003 | #define PRIVATE static >> | |
| 13 Aug 2003 | C++ References | I never use plain references. Ever. My code is lit.... >> |
| 06 Aug 2003 | c++ before c?? | If you want to learn C++, you should learn C++, if.... >> |
| 05 Aug 2003 | AAAARRRGGG!!! I hate.... | Wayne, that rocks! >> |
| Joel Test Number Eig.... | I work in an office with one other person. I find .... >> | |
| 01 Aug 2003 | Methodology for new .... | VSS is rubbish. Get PerForce. >> |
| 30 Jul 2003 | Imagine a language which... >> | |
| 30 Jul 2003 | To write from scratc.... | Joel's argument only works for large projects, and.... >> |
| 29 Jul 2003 | Case sensitive envir.... | cHair or Chair, Information or InFormation. Case c.... >> |
| 25 Jul 2003 | Best way to resign | Walk into your bosses office, drop your kegs and d.... >> |
| Is QA a dead end car.... | Not enough information, my friend. What career to .... >> | |
| 21 Jul 2003 | Can a bad speller be.... | Of course they can. Like, duh! Why on earth would .... >> |
| 16 Jul 2003 | Job-hopping | Er, you take halfdays off work to go to interviews.... >> |
| 09 Jul 2003 | game programmers | Katie: Yup, that prety much sums up games programm.... >> |
| I left the games industry six months ago and went .... >> | ||
| Career Advice for be.... | Go with the startup. Definetly. You'll get a bette.... >> | |
| Reasoning.com and Sm.... | SmallWorld simply crashed when asked to analyse ou.... >> | |
| 01 Jul 2003 | Dual monitors for de.... | I just got a shiny new GeForce4 dualhead. Gainward.... >> |
| 27 Jun 2003 | How would you find a.... | I doubt you need one. I develop MFC, COM and ATL t.... >> |
| 25 Jun 2003 | Ideal nummber of pag.... | Two pages. Well spaced out, containing all rele.... >> |
| 24 Jun 2003 | interview questions .... | I'm with Pete. The rest of you do realise that .... >> |
| 23 Jun 2003 | ask for salary incre.... | Go into your bosses office and ask for more money? >> |
| 19 Jun 2003 | Writing a resume or .... | As Calvin said "Verbing wierds language." >> |
| 18 Jun 2003 | Lie on an applicatio.... | According to research done in the UK, two thirds o.... >> |
| 17 Jun 2003 | Are deadlines bad fo.... | 'In the end, I think we're going to spend more mon.... >> |
| 12 Jun 2003 | Number of applicants >> | |
| 12 Jun 2003 | With | No. Adding the with keyword would invalidate a .... >> |
| Number of applicants | Ah, I see, the first post in that thread was so wh.... >> | |
| Smart/Funny/Stupid C.... | delete m_pObject will perform correctly with a nul.... >> | |
| 02 Jun 2003 | A new web broswer | Some very nice features, almost enough to make me .... >> |
| 29 May 2003 | You can't be an acco.... | 'You can't be an executive at a Fortune 500 compan.... >> |
| 20 May 2003 | Build times | Another vote for Incredibuild - what a fantastic b.... >> |
| 01 May 2003 | John Carmack Program.... | 'If John Carmack was such as brilliant programmer,.... >> |
| 28 Apr 2003 | Emailing resumés | Use word '97 format, not '00 or '02. Or use .rtf -.... >> |
| 22 Apr 2003 | Thoughts on Amazon A.... | The only thing that annoys me about them, is that .... >> |
| 03 Apr 2003 | PowerBASIC Vs. Visua.... | I also find it hard to believe many games companie.... >> |
| 02 Apr 2003 | Compromise | Pull out. You don't want to be associated with a w.... >> |
| 28 Mar 2003 | Am I being unreasona.... | Don't stick in a job you hate. You have complet.... >> |
| Salary Increase Nego.... | Just ask for more money. Make it clear to your emp.... >> | |
| Minimimum system req.... | I thought it was something written in the design d.... >> | |
| Source Code When Usi.... | I find the most useful thing about having source c.... >> | |
| 27 Mar 2003 | Trivia - In a For lo.... | The use of i in mathematics definetely pre-dates i.... >> |
| 26 Mar 2003 | In the ancient days of the Spectrum, many programm.... >> | |
| 25 Mar 2003 | Greed and Total Cost.... | My aunt raised four children on £6000 (~$9000) a y.... >> |
| 24 Mar 2003 | Advantages to MFC | Win32 is an ugly API, which you can wrap and hide .... >> |
| 18 Mar 2003 | Tracking metrics wit.... | As I see it Joel is not selling a bug tracking pac.... >> |
| 14 Mar 2003 | job prospects | If you're good, I'd say you'd get three job offers.... >> |
| 20 Feb 2003 | Ethics of automatic .... | What about user's who have a pay-for-time pr pay-f.... >> |
| 08 Jan 2003 | Writing a programmer.... | Whether you are looking for specific skills or not.... >> |
| 07 Jan 2003 | does programming mak.... | Just Me. My apologies I misunderstood your point. .... >> |
| 06 Jan 2003 | So Just Me, I am clearly a terrible programmer, an.... >> | |
| 11 Dec 2002 | Success in Life = | If there's no God where did the rules come from? W.... >> |
| 09 Dec 2002 | Rewriting WinAmp fro.... | Re-writing some areas of code can be the best cour.... >> |
| 05 Dec 2002 | Hiring | Seems to me, PC, that you did something really dum.... >> |
| 28 Nov 2002 | How to start oversea.... | Stephen Jones: I believe the term is Jingoism. Nev.... >> |
| Development Workstat.... | Multiple monitors definetly. I reckon you will .... >> | |
| 27 Nov 2002 | What will you do aft.... | Go into academia? Become a porn star? Travel.... >> |
| 26 Nov 2002 | Bringing Code Sample.... | Marc: You're not asking them to produce ultimat.... >> |
| 25 Nov 2002 | Honest days work | See if they'll let you work from home - I find it .... >> |
| Bringing Code Sample.... | At my last interview (at which I got the job), the.... >> | |
| 20 Nov 2002 | Spam | None on my work account - although some junk e-mai.... >> |
| Expected out of coll.... | Blag it. It's all blind luck anyway. >> | |
| 18 Nov 2002 | Competing Offers -- .... | Tell them you can't get an answer to them that qui.... >> |
| 14 Nov 2002 | The Ultimate IQ Test | I read up quite a lot on IQ tests in my younger da.... >> |
| 13 Nov 2002 | Best Books for Windo.... | I have Petzold's book and I singularly fail to und.... >> |
| how do you manage yo.... | Out of curiosity what is this 401K thing people ke.... >> | |
| 12 Nov 2002 | Role of testers | I think Joel said it best: http://www.joelonsof.... >> |
| 11 Nov 2002 | how do you manage yo.... | I spend money till I don't have any. Then I stop. .... >> |
| "Murphy had other pl.... | Can I just say: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/a.... >> | |
| 08 Nov 2002 | Free (Or Nearly So) .... | Since the benefits go into your pocket, you should.... >> |
| Data validation: bes.... | I agree with not greying out the OK button, I also.... >> | |
| 30 Oct 2002 | Aren't you making Mistake Number 4, Joel? >> | |
| 30 Oct 2002 | Aren't you making Mi.... | I took that as Joel saying that you can't change t.... >> |
| Question about Cityd.... | Saved Undo lists were around on the Archi back whe.... >> | |
| 28 Oct 2002 | Mockery of stupid mo.... | _Some_ motivation posters can have _some_ benefit .... >> |
| 25 Oct 2002 | What would you do? | What would I do? Stop working stupid hours. Refuse.... >> |
| 23 Oct 2002 | Operating Systems Us.... | I think the most interesting thing is the declinin.... >> |
| 22 Oct 2002 | .cty | Back in the days of Acorn's Archimedes, they had a.... >> |
| 21 Oct 2002 | "Good Code" - What i.... | I've just been assigned to add some new stuff to a.... >> |
| Translations? WTF?! | What point springs to mind. Why are the names list.... >> | |
| 18 Oct 2002 | How do you reward de.... | The really important thing is to avoid making the .... >> |
| 16 Oct 2002 | Employment | How do you find people who are currently looking f.... >> |
| 15 Oct 2002 | Joels worst piece ye.... | In this http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20020710.... >> |
| 11 Oct 2002 | Don't beat yourself up man, Jak & Daxter is a .... >> | |
| Irrelevant but interesting factlet: Jak & Daxt.... >> | ||
| 10 Oct 2002 | An Observation >> | |
| 10 Oct 2002 | Joel never said you shouldn't write something your.... >> | |
| 09 Oct 2002 | the new fogbugz setu.... | Thanks for the response, Joel. >> |
| 08 Oct 2002 | Unit testing in C++ >> | |
| 08 Oct 2002 | Unit testing in C++ | Thanks to you all, those have been most useful. Es.... >> |
| 03 Oct 2002 | the new fogbugz setu.... | The only way to learn is through discussion. >> |
| Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't it have .... >> | ||
| Why should a specification come from outside? FogB.... >> | ||
| Project Management f.... | Not done any project management myself, but I'm an.... >> | |
| 01 Oct 2002 | Programmer Interrupt.... | I am constantly amazed by the sheer idiocy of mana.... >> |
| 26 Sep 2002 | Questions about code.... | VSS is reliable enough. Providing you run it on a .... >> |
| 24 Sep 2002 | learning to program | Go and pick up something like DarkBasic, or BlitzB.... >> |
| 19 Sep 2002 | software secrets exp.... | It's a blatant con. Steer clear. >> |
| 21 Aug 2002 | Top programming lang.... | Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is an SUV? I.... >> |
| 23 Jul 2002 | Pager duty for devel.... | Quit. Now. There is absolutely no way what-so-ever.... >> |
| 22 Jul 2002 | Functional Spec Deba.... | Personally I use Notepad for specs. I also thin.... >> |
| 18 Jul 2002 | Measurement and The .... | 'What triggered my thoughts was the mindless pract.... >> |
| 03 Jul 2002 | Whats a little requi.... | 'Hmm... another offhanded thought I had... is what.... >> |
| 02 Jul 2002 | Precise requirements are a myth for students. You .... >> | |