A few months later, re-evaluate the decision, again in a group. A more proximate cause of the crash was that the main guidance computer interpreted an error message as if it had been a command to the boosters. If you value quality, even relatively harmless bugs will leave you with an uneasy, niggling feeling.
I could start broadening my skills to play the job market better, but my position is being moved offshore next month. Who owns the ability to make Joe a better coder? You have also not had a conversation, or a chance to notice your coworkers. So I walk up to Joe and his pair, and suggest we swap.
We fetch the latest changes from CVS. You make a mental note to give Bob a pat on the back soon.
We could start testing and investing in code quality, but the customer is already soured on the project. There are fewer places to apply bug fixes to.
And hacking is precisely what one would want to do less of. Boom - suddenly some tests break. Take a blank sheet of paper.
Responding here serves my purposes just as well. Responding here serves my purposes just as well.
Devote some attention to spotting weak signals and amplifying them. Draw a vertical line down the middle, and a horizontal line through.
Boom - suddenly some tests break. interesting ideas about the inner workings of hash tables. That time investment is repaid later. This means that people will behave differently when using one as opposed to the other.
There are fewer places to apply bug fixes to. Bill is an excellent programmer, and his quotes code looked flawless. The conference is mostly held in French.
No big deal, just a missed encounter - and I now know more about Fit and Fitnesse. And hacking is precisely what one would want to do less of.
HUMANS are incredibly flexible and adaptable, and can respond in real-time to change.
Boom - suddenly some tests break. Did it have the expected shortcomings ? This means that people will behave differently when using one as opposed to the other.
And hacking is precisely what one would want to do less of. You have also not had a conversation, or a chance to notice your coworkers.
That time investment is repaid later. Economical in effort - you have hardly moved a muscle.
We fix the problem and check in the fix.
It feels like ascending a steep slope - sometimes it feels like making no progress at all, in fact. I knew some of the basic tactical instincts of the game, but I was quite deficient in strategy.