Danny R. Faught

Software crafter, ethical hacker, family man, ally, aspie, @[email protected]

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I'm still here at the moment. But I'm also here - https://t.co/WS7RPduSit.

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@BischoffDev Now I find myself wanting some legit TDD humor, from people who understand TDD.

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@estherschindler I asked a manager if I could move within the company to go work for him again. He said "no" - he could tell that I'd be happier being a consultant. So that's what I did.

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@AuMayeung I'm much more productive when I'm pairing.

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@pragprog Focus on code that is added and modified. It's really hard to get motivated to refactor code that's working and doesn't need to change.

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@browniepoints @EJFTW123 @molly0xFFF Yes, though some refactorings result in having more code.

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@RetweetableN14 @jamiecalder @Coleens_ @bertjwregeer At least four now.

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@mistergizmo @molly0xFFF Yes, I’ve found at the extreme end of code optimization, it’s best to let readability win over bumming just a few more lines of code.

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@allenholub Yes, in general, I prefer to pair. My team allows people to take an occasional break from pairing, which I think is healthy.

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@allenholub I’m seeing value in code review when a code change was developed solo (this happens a minority of the time on my team), and when a team many time zones away needs to keep up with the changes.

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@hrisKoleva @Badgersruleok Bright red flag.

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@lezamesiah You’ve probably seen some musicians who really were onbarded ;)

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My co-worker’s typo invented a new worthwhile thing: onbarding - when a new team member’s experience is so good they sing about it.

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@CatieSai And here I am just getting my gray hair like most people - having kids.

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@aGirlCalledChar @teachergorman I tried - not something Google is well-suited to find if it does exist. But I’m sure you can find plenty of parodies. :)

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@aGirlCalledChar @teachergorman I’m not sure I want to return to the days when companies like IBM had a company songbook.

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@teachergorman @aGirlCalledChar Ha! I’ve love to sing, and I think it’s awful that American culture doesn’t really embrace singing except as a spectator.

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@mrksdck Short methods is fairly well correlated with testable code. I refuse to test long methods until I make them shorter.

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@TheAnkurTyagi In my 50s now and still programming. I haven't really seen any ageism, though I predict that will happen in my 60s.

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Followup: while the onboarding was going well, I haven't heard them sing about it yet.