willCode4Beer

Every year, the topic of NNPP's (net negative producing programmer) comes up. Though the language varies the gist is the same. Usually, posts talk about the cost and the problems with these developers and how to marginalize or eliminate them.

We all know this, we know the cost, we know the problems. However, in many organizations it can be very difficult to replace these folks.

This morning the final release of Eclipse Ganymede arrived so, I decided to give it a run. I experienced some quirks with Ganymede RC4, so I decided to wait for the final release. I'm using the version for J2EE developers.

The first thing I decided to do was create a new workspace (just in case). I checked one of my ongoing projects out and ran:

Comparison of waterfall and agile definitions of when development is complete. A little pragmatism and honesty

These are some interview questions I give developers. I'm hoping to compare notes with others.