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Goodbye, old 120 MHz Pentium S network server, you’ve done your duty

30November2006GeekTieGuy1 CommentPersonal

I guess it had to happen sooner or later. The PC I built about 10 years ago finally turned flaky and had to be replaced. It started out as my desktop machine originally. I can’t remember what I had running on it, but probably Windows 95 or Windows 98. It had a Pentium S processor

Software craftsmanship vs. “HighTech” jobs

13November2006GeekTieGuyPersonal, Software development

I recently read “Peopleware” by DeMarco and Lister, a book I highly recommend to anyone wanting to understand how to manage people who write software for a living. They mention several times that most software writers don’t work in “HighTech” jobs. The ones who really do the “HighTech” stuff are the people who write the

I’m debt free!

9October2006GeekTieGuyPersonal

This is a momentous occasion and reason to celebrate! I paid off my student loans with aÂ balloon payment today. It was the last loan in my life so far. I don’t have a mortgage (rent the place we live in), the car (our one and only car) is paid off, and the only other thing

If only I could work in an environment like this

9October2006GeekTieGuyOpinion, Personal

http://joelonsoftware.com/articles/BionicOffice.html Here’s a guy who gets it regarding office space for software developers. But you kind of figured that, didn’t you? I mean, it’s Joel Spolsky. I used to work for a startup that had an open office space for eXtreme programming (specifically pair programming), and I just loved working in that environment. It was

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Goodbye, old 120 MHz Pentium S network server, you’ve done your duty

Software craftsmanship vs. “HighTech” jobs

I’m debt free!

If only I could work in an environment like this