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Comment on every team needs a toolsmith by laptop battery dell

laptop battery dell — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:56:06 +0000

I agree with you that Client requires code-diff uploaded to their CMS for each completed task. After all, every team needs a toolsmith. HAHA~~You are right.

Comment on Managing Distractions by Mike Brown

Mike Brown — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:08:32 +0000

Jon,
I LOVE Pomodoro and have been looking for a Pomodoro app that isn’t teh suxors. I’ll check yours out. I like the virtual desktop for segregating you workspace from waste space…I think I’ll try that out.

How many pomodoros/day have you been able to complete on average (Pauses don’t count…if you pause you invalidate the pom…forces you to be real with yourself)? Nice use of the taskbar btw…you should have submitted to the Codeproject Win7 contest.

Comment on Apprenticeship/Mentorship Success! by MaTT

MaTT — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:44:03 +0000

I loved this article. I know what you mean about feeling like you did something great. I felt pretty dang good in a similar manner. One of our interns that I helped interview/recruit went on to bigger and better things as well. It’s a really neat feeling to know that someone you’ve helped out with has success beyond just your side. It really is a great thing we have going on here (internships, coops, etc.)!!!!

Nice post, thanks Jon!

Comment on Single File Split Buffers in Visual Studio! by Miato

Miato — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:05:50 +0000

Hi there,
Super post, Need to mark it on Digg
Thanks
Miato

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Comment on Do You Own Your Tools? by Kyle Pinches

Kyle Pinches — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:32:18 +0000

I think it depends on whether it is a tool you would expect to take to your next job or one you would be leaving behind. Take a mechanic for example, a lot of them have full toolchests that they take with them from job to job, but certain tools are owned by the shop they work at and are used by any mechanic working there.

There’s nothing to say that the computer itself couldn’t be a tool that you take from job to job, but any code or proprietary documents would have to be purged from the machine, along with any other specialized tools that the company did buy for the project you were on (say if the company purchased a license for Matlab for a simulation project for a customer).

Any tool purchased for a specific project probably makes more sense for the company to buy since there’s a good chance that you’ll move off the project some day and someone else may move onto it (or the project may close down for a couple years and someone else will have to pick it up when it resurfaces). In such a case does it make sense for you to still have a tool you have no use for?

Another thing that makes the situation tricky is how you get fresh-outs to pay for tools. You could provide fresh-outs with a signing bonus that is specifically tagged for tools maybe? I’d be curious how mechanics start out