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John R. Strohm

Very senior embedded real-time systems programmer (Texas law is very picky about the use of the term "engineer"), unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Congress, and unreconstructed Cold Warrior.
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Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
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Higher up doesn't carry around their security badge and asks others to let them in. What should I do about this security issue?
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Why must I put a semicolon at the end of class declaration in C++?
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Tips for working fast
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Appropriate to ask a recruiter to go back and negotiate salary again?
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I just found out that my recent promotion comes with an unexpected 24/7/365 on-call status
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Testing multi-threaded race conditions
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What happens to garbage in C++?
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Co-worker sabotaging/undoing my work
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Why is it a good idea for "lower" application layers not to be aware of "higher" ones?
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Why are so many languages passed by value?
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Where did the notion of "one return only" come from?
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First job in an office, very small company, am I screwing up by overdressing?
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Professional way to produce a large problem without filling up huge arrays: C++, free memory from part of an array
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Why does Donald Knuth write TAOCP using assembly language?
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Why are statements in many programming languages terminated by semicolons?
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What did programmers do before variable scope, where everything is global?
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What is proven as a good maximum length of a function?
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Why is memoization not a language feature?
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Is it normal for a company not to contact you after a lengthy interview to let you know you didn't get the job?
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What is a good software development plan?
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Development time in various languages
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How to write a very basic compiler
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Why do so many languages treat numbers starting with 0 as octal?
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How can I convince my company to change their time off policy?
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Should I point out spelling/grammar related mistakes in someone's code?
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Why do programming languages allow shadowing/hiding of variables and functions?
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System where 1 byte != 8 bit?
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How to deal with clients that only gives you huge flow of "how to do this", but can't say "what and why" they need?
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Does modular programming affect computation time?
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