Tag Archives: Work

First Day

February 18, 2008 – 7:16 pm

Just got back from my first day at the new job. Much as I’d expected, there’s lots to learn; I’m testing a back-end kind of application (sorry, did I just get too technical?), which means that just about everything you’re doing is either totally invisible to the user, or is just part of the magic [...]

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New Job

February 5, 2008 – 1:13 pm

OK, now that the contract is signed I don’t think I can bring down the wrath of any deity with my boastful nature (c.f. the New England Patriots). In a couple of weeks I’ll be working for SpringSource, chief committers of the Spring Framework for Java (and .NET, I learned with some surprise). The team [...]

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Interview

February 1, 2008 – 9:31 am

Following a phone call at 8:40 this morning I have a job interview this afternoon (I’ve been unemployed since 5pm yesterday, so I guess it’s time to get back in the saddle). I’m rather nervous, not just because it’s an interview (it’s been a while since I had one, but I’m generally OK with them), [...]

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Requirements

November 27, 2007 – 9:55 am

My job is based almost entirely on requirements. Things that customers want of the software, things that management want, things that designers want, even things that testers and developers want to sneak in there. Here’s a piece explaining why requirements are like ogres.

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Tech Nursery Rhyme

November 7, 2007 – 9:02 am

A friend who has a young child in pre-school in Silicon Valley sent me this rhyme they learned recently: 99 little bugs in the code, 99 bugs in the code, fix one bug, compile it again, 101 little bugs in the code.

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