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hirezURL dump + notes. Sole purpose to remind me that Another.com was the single worst work environment I've yet encountered and to provide supporting documentation. Actually, they've all been fairly hopeless. Lordy, but that's a grim revelation. Computing - making the same set of mistakes for the last thirty years. No wonder this 'industry' is such a joke.
(Most links thieved from the excellent JoelOnSoftware.)
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The Fog Creek office
IBM get it right in 1978. Nineteen seventy-bloody-eight, mark you. Admittedly, it looks like The Forbin Project, but they've understood a concept I mention a lot - Monastic contemplation of code. (Follow the link to the PDF.)
An article that makes my teeth itch. A disturbingly familiar problem, yet they manage to fix it.
(Most links thieved from the excellent JoelOnSoftware.)
This is the original posting.
The Fog Creek office
IBM get it right in 1978. Nineteen seventy-bloody-eight, mark you. Admittedly, it looks like The Forbin Project, but they've understood a concept I mention a lot - Monastic contemplation of code. (Follow the link to the PDF.)
An article that makes my teeth itch. A disturbingly familiar problem, yet they manage to fix it.
