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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

Electronic Arts is no different than many high-tech companies in this regard. A worker who is creating 10 widgets/hour at the beginning of a shift may be producing only 6/hour at the end of the shift, having peaked at 12/hour a couple of hours in. hours per week — but after that many hours, whos still counting?

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How an experienced Asp.net developer multiplied his productivity.

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

I consider myself proficient in the.Net technologies (no glory, I spend a lot of time in front of my computer). I won the Imagine Cup back in 2004 and I have trained people to pass their MCSD certifications. Have you done code reviews or hack sessions with experienced Rubyists to get their take on your approaches?

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How an experienced Asp.net developer multiplied his productivity.

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

I consider myself proficient in the.Net technologies (no glory, I spend a lot of time in front of my computer). I won the Imagine Cup back in 2004 and I have trained people to pass their MCSD certifications. Have you done code reviews or hack sessions with experienced Rubyists to get their take on your approaches?

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. You have a CEO that clearly hasn’t taken the time to understand a technology platform. who forms technology biases based on old Visual Basic stereotypes or shallow interpretations of. ability based on one of many technologies. March 25, 2011 at 1:36 pm.

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