On the teams you work with, there are probably one or two individuals who are considered the "rock stars". They seem to know just what they are doing. Ask yourself, "How did the 'rock stars' get to be that way?"
Author: Jim McMullen
I’m a software development and technology manager – so why did I get a PMP certification?
Last week, I earned my Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. It wasn't easy. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) is about a thousand pages of material, and it is dense. And frankly, it includes some stuff that is not directly relevant to my current position. I am in the software development and technology management … Continue reading I’m a software development and technology manager – so why did I get a PMP certification?
Programming Zealots
I was reading a blog post the other day -- well, it was more of a rant, actually -- about the evils of using regions in your .NET code. The guy had joined a team that used regions as one of their programming conventions, and he refused (rudely, I thought) to abide by the team's … Continue reading Programming Zealots
How to Set a Default Value on a Configurable Variable in a SQL Server Stored Procedure Using IsNull()
The Situation You have a SQL Server stored procedure that needs variable for use in a query, but you don't want to pass it into the stored procedure as a parameter, and you don't want to hard-code it. Instead you have the value stored in a table and want to retrieve it from there. There … Continue reading How to Set a Default Value on a Configurable Variable in a SQL Server Stored Procedure Using IsNull()
How to Sort a Generic List of Objects
The Situation You are trying to sort a Generic List of Objects based on a property of the Objects. A Solution There are two easy options for sorting a Generic List populated with Objects: in place and sorting to a new List. Use Linq. "In Place" sorting of an existing List (the code below only … Continue reading How to Sort a Generic List of Objects
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