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How long do programmers generally stay in industry?

burnout retirement asked Oct 5 '10 at 12:01

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Excessive use “final” keyword in Java

java coding-standards final asked Aug 4 '11 at 18:27

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How useful are employment tests when interviewing candidates and predicting success?

interview asked Oct 29 '10 at 15:50

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Lightweight source control

version-control asked Aug 19 '08 at 20:06

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16 votes

What is the best way to handle product versioning and branching of long term projects?

version-control versioning branching product-management asked Jan 11 at 12:28

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Does newer card text on a Magic: The Gathering card override the old wording?

rules magic-the-gathering asked Jan 27 at 3:11

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Are optional parameters helpful or a hindrance to application maintenance?

language-features maintenance asked Nov 30 '10 at 15:10

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Are there legal ramifications to being a trained martial artist?

united-states legal asked Feb 1 at 2:39

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How useful are IT headhunters/recruiters when looking for a new job?

employment recruiting job-hunting asked Dec 16 '10 at 20:59

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12 votes

How can we make the committment process better?

discussion area51 commitment-fulfillment asked Jan 10 at 16:50

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What makes you lose motivation?

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Credit card expiration dates - Inclusive or exclusive?

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Is there any valid reason to ever ignore a caught exception

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How to check if a variable is loaded in JavaScript?

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What should students be taught first when first learning sorting algorithms?

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Which types of “programming related” questions are appropriate?

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What topics would you like to learn at DevDays 2011?

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Visual Studio IDE: I want it to make a sound after it compiles so I can get back to work

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How can a Word document be created in C#?

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How can git be installed on CENTOS 5.5?

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What technologies or techniques senior developers of today should *unlearn*

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How do you interview someone with more experience than you?

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Do You Really Know Your Programming Languages?

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Who are some of the most famous programmers and what gave them their fame?

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Twitter image encoding challenge

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Should a senior developer refuse to take paper exams during an interview?

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Recommended Fonts for Programming?

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Did a nuclear blast devastate Port Chicago on July 17, 1944?

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If you could ask one technical interview question, what would it be

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The most mind-bending programming language?

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Does it make sense to buy a house in my situation?

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How to parse XML in VBA

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Should I return from a function early or use an if statement?

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Did Ronald Reagan sign my Academic Fitness Award?

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How many people actually read “The Art Of Computer Programming” books?

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What should 'Computer Science' be called?

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DevDays 2009 Reviews - Boston

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What does the Strunk & White badge mean?

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