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Are certifications worth it?

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Where do you find the time?

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Clarify the Single Responsibility Principle

answered Nov 5, 2010 at 17:27

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Is there a canonical book on Agile?

answered Sep 28, 2010 at 17:39

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Does your company have a coding standard?

answered Sep 8, 2010 at 15:13

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How do you respond to "Tell me a little bit about yourself." question in interviews?

answered Sep 9, 2010 at 23:11

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What non-programming books should a programmer read to help develop programming/thinking skills?

answered Sep 6, 2010 at 7:21

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What is the effect of creating unit tests during development on time to develop as well as time spent in maintenance activities?

answered Mar 21, 2011 at 19:31

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How do you convince management to "invest" in unit tests?

answered Apr 4, 2011 at 22:40

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How much time should I dedicate to refactoring my code?

answered Oct 2, 2010 at 15:13

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How have you made unit testing more enjoyable?

answered Sep 20, 2010 at 14:34

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If you could only have one programming related book on your bookshelf what would it be and why?

answered Sep 4, 2010 at 16:03

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Writing a Software Requirement Specification

answered Nov 8, 2010 at 18:56

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What's the worst question you were ever asked at interview?

answered Sep 3, 2010 at 19:57

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What's your favorite interview question?

answered Sep 3, 2010 at 20:03

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What to do when you're forced to code under bad coding (design) standards

answered Oct 2, 2010 at 15:29

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What simple techniques do you use to improve performance?

answered Sep 25, 2010 at 23:52

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Test driven development - convince me!

answered Sep 3, 2010 at 15:04

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Bypass HR to get an interview

answered Jul 22, 2011 at 17:33

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How similiar should the environments of PreProd and Prod be?

answered Jun 30, 2011 at 0:01

10 votes

unit tests for a csv parser

answered Apr 5, 2011 at 0:03

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What should you test with unit tests?

answered Sep 3, 2010 at 18:00

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How to respond when you are asked for an estimate?

answered Sep 3, 2010 at 21:01

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How do you stay focused at work?

answered Sep 1, 2010 at 19:57

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What is a good estimation technique for initial, high-level estimates?

answered Sep 18, 2010 at 1:08

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What's a good Programming Metaphor?

answered Sep 18, 2010 at 0:46

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When can you call yourself good at language X?

answered Sep 6, 2010 at 15:57

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Why do new programmers seem to ignore compiler error messages/runtime exception messages?

answered Sep 7, 2010 at 17:49

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What Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) methodology or methodologies are used by Google?

answered Jun 29, 2011 at 23:31

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Databases and Unit/Integration Testing

answered Aug 15, 2011 at 19:46

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47 Answers

Are certifications worth it?

Where do you find the time?

Clarify the Single Responsibility Principle

Is there a canonical book on Agile?

Does your company have a coding standard?

How do you respond to "Tell me a little bit about yourself." question in interviews?

What non-programming books should a programmer read to help develop programming/thinking skills?

What is the effect of creating unit tests during development on time to develop as well as time spent in maintenance activities?

How do you convince management to "invest" in unit tests?

How much time should I dedicate to refactoring my code?

How have you made unit testing more enjoyable?

If you could only have one programming related book on your bookshelf what would it be and why?

Writing a Software Requirement Specification

What's the worst question you were ever asked at interview?

What's your favorite interview question?

What to do when you're forced to code under bad coding (design) standards

What simple techniques do you use to improve performance?

Test driven development - convince me!

Bypass HR to get an interview

How similiar should the environments of PreProd and Prod be?

unit tests for a csv parser

What should you test with unit tests?

How to respond when you are asked for an estimate?

How do you stay focused at work?

What is a good estimation technique for initial, high-level estimates?

What's a good Programming Metaphor?

When can you call yourself good at language X?

Why do new programmers seem to ignore compiler error messages/runtime exception messages?

What Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) methodology or methodologies are used by Google?

Databases and Unit/Integration Testing