Archive for February, 2008

Answers to the Test

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

My previous post posed some C# questions based on some code with incomplete output. This post provides the answers… don’t cheat now…

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Test Yourself on C# Types

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

I’ve been thinking about writing a technical test for my employer, and thought that I would start by following-up on my last post, and create a basic test on types and how they are passed as parameters.

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Reference and Value Types

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Today I’m going to cover some basics in C# – the difference between Reference and Value types.

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How to Delight your Client

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

(and how your Client can Delight You)

Yesterday’s post reminded me just how much value I have begun to place in my working-relationship with our on-site client-liaison. She has a fiery temperament, is outspoken and very different from me, differences which I have come to appreciate. And let’s not forget, in an otherwise all-male office, she is a she and, sad but true, it really does help to have a little bit of a mix of the sexes.

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The Down-Sides of Unmanaged Development

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Some time ago I wrote about the joys of working for my new employer, in a low overhead environment. I think I can now say with some certainty that this has become a confused and un-managed environment. We’ve grown quite some way since I wrote that entry, and this has been a substantial contributor to the situation.

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