Timeline for How to become a "faster" programmer?
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| Jun 2, 2010 at 13:14 | comment | added | Nick Gotch | I marked this as community wiki when I wrote it back in September '09; still is AFAIK. I got some good answers from it though and it did help me out a lot. | |
| May 30, 2010 at 15:52 | comment | added | George Stocker | Voting to close as Subjective and Argumentative; though 'Not a real question' or "This is not Slashdot or Reddit" would have fit too. Great question, just not meant for a Q & A site. | |
| May 30, 2010 at 15:48 | answer | added | Mike Dunlavey | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 30, 2010 at 15:42 | comment | added | Donal Fellows | There's no single right answer possible, so make it into a community wiki question or have the question closed on you. | |
| May 30, 2010 at 15:35 | answer | added | Tim Trout | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Jan 9, 2010 at 15:20 | answer | added | Code Monkey | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 30, 2009 at 8:12 | comment | added | Ikke | shekhar: Stack Overflow? | |
| Nov 26, 2009 at 5:14 | comment | added | Shekhar | @San, what is SO? | |
| Nov 25, 2009 at 12:51 | answer | added | Nick Toumpelis | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Sep 12, 2009 at 11:15 | answer | added | Cshah | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 12, 2009 at 7:14 | answer | added | Thiru | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 12, 2009 at 6:12 | comment | added | Alex Baranosky | This thread is a goldmine. | |
| Sep 12, 2009 at 2:43 | answer | added | Adnan Memon | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 12, 2009 at 2:25 | answer | added | fscmj | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 12, 2009 at 1:29 | comment | added | Kieveli | Really though, the management types cannot allow a review without picking something as a 'needs improvement' item. Otherwise you'll realize your own value, and demand more money than they can afford. Estimation is damn hard. Even when you think you have it nailed, you'll switch projects, and your estimates are completely wrong again. Just take it with a grain of salt... and then pad your estimates. | |
| Sep 12, 2009 at 1:26 | answer | added | GaiusSensei | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 12, 2009 at 1:11 | answer | added | Runeborg | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 22:22 | comment | added | womp | Re: time estimates - Take your initial time estimate and then double it. It's still probably not enough. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 22:17 | comment | added | Nick Gotch | @Jason The rest of my performance evaluation was either above average or outstanding and my output usually performs to spec and meets expectations so I'd say my problem is just getting it done in shorter time frames. Planning and estimating my timelines is definitely one issue and lessening distractions/improving focus would also help. Reading lots of good tips for both of these in all the responses. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 22:08 | comment | added | Nick Gotch | @jmucchiello Things I'm already working on are minimizing distractions and improving my time estimates by planning for "road bumps." | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 21:45 | answer | added | Larry Watanabe | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 21:40 | answer | added | JasonMichael | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 21:28 | answer | added | dhable | timeline score: 8 | |
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| Sep 11, 2009 at 20:48 | answer | added | Daver | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 20:46 | comment | added | Beska | Asked 5 hours ago, 21 votes, 22 favorites, over 1k views. Impressive. Must have hit the sweet spot on the bat. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 20:31 | answer | added | Mike Dunlavey | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 20:24 | answer | added | JeffO | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 20:21 | comment | added | JasCav | I would ask you a follow-up question. Is your desire to be a "faster programmer" a result of your own poor performance (AKA, you need to hone your skills, you need to focus and eliminate distractions (such as SO), etc), or is poor planning from a development standpoint (AKA, you were given 1 week to do something that any sane person would have known would take 1 month). Each item has very different solutions. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 20:08 | answer | added | Nailer | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 19:55 | answer | added | Shin | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 19:39 | comment | added | Amir | I've always like the term "Write Slow. Change Fast." | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 19:38 | answer | added | Denis Biondic | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 19:27 | answer | added | Brett Ryan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 17:20 | answer | added | David Thornley | timeline score: 5 | |
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| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:44 | answer | added | marcgg | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:39 | comment | added | marcgg | I read "How to become a fatter programmer". Made me laught | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:37 | answer | added | Koosha | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:36 | answer | added | Canavar | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:33 | comment | added | jmucchiello | What are the things you already know about? | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:30 | answer | added | Jon Galloway | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:28 | comment | added | OMG Ponies | If you are reading this, it's already too late | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:22 | answer | added | Franci Penov | timeline score: 131 | |
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| Sep 11, 2009 at 15:55 | answer | added | Uri | timeline score: 20 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 15:50 | answer | added | Rui Craveiro | timeline score: 7 | |
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| Sep 11, 2009 at 15:21 | answer | added | Buhb | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 15:16 | comment | added | San Jacinto | Spend less time on SO at work, if you do so. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 15:13 | answer | added | James Schek | timeline score: 7 | |
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| Sep 11, 2009 at 15:08 | comment | added | Nick Gotch | I'm the sole developer of a few projects and on a small team 2-3 people for a few others. I take the requirements given from the other departments, design, architect, code, and deploy them typically. I try at least using a mind mapper to get things planned out before doing any actual coding & (try to) approach the projects with iterative agile releases. The projects are all in VS 2008 (Silverlight+WPF+LINQ.) | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 15:07 | answer | added | Matthew Jones | timeline score: 20 | |
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| Sep 11, 2009 at 14:58 | comment | added | Mike B | Details about your daily activities or role on a team could be helpful. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 14:57 | answer | added | Randolph West | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 14:57 | answer | added | Matthew Jones | timeline score: 12 | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 14:55 | history | asked | Nick Gotch | CC BY-SA 2.5 |