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My main area of expertise is Agile Principals. We hang out after work and drink beers. http://insights.dice.com/2014/02/07/sample-resume-project-manager-scrum-master/ https://x.com/mistersql/status/728329311665721344/photo/1

Batch - simple stuff is simple, hard stuff impossible.
PowerShell - It's all equally complicated.

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#POWERSHELL

Talk about impostor syndrome. I'm writing my resume and I wish I was Jaqen H'ghar from Game of Thrones. https://x.com/mistersql/status/728292646331011072/photo/1

Developer on the job market! Recruiters, sic 'em! :-) https://x.com/Feocco/status/728284013790699520

So the PMP mostly exist to make just about any Scrum certification to feel like pocket change.

There are 42,500 reasons to not get a PMP cert. $40K Lifetime costs-mostly PDUs. https://pamstanton.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/pmi-certification-is-it-worth-it/

Hiring freeze at 18F. :-(

Anyhow, I hear they are going to rename themselves to 399 because hexadecimal is too intimidating.

Everyone should have & use a build server.

No one should use TFS.

Use TeamCity, anything. Choices exist.

(function timeout() {
setTimeout(function () {
$(".tweet:contains(\"paper.li\")").hide();
timeout();
}, 1000);
})()

Monthly PSA: Paper.li is spam and the sign of an abandoned twitter account.

Hear about mind viruses that by hearing the idea the your mind just fails & dies?

C++ marked up as XML & XSLT transformed to machine code

Oh. that was unfair, MSBuild has grown up

JS:
var x=2;

MSBuild 3.5
<PropertyGroup>
<x>2</x>
</PropertyGroup>

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JS
var x=2;

MsBuild 2.0
<CreateProperty Value="2">
<Output TaskParameter="Value" PropertyName="x"/>
</CreateProperty>

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TFS2010 is unaware of
TypeScript,JavaScript,CSS/SASS,Nunit,nuget,.NET4.5,C# 6,VS2012,13,15,grunt
Making it work makes PowerShell look good

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The build server is crying red tears, all day.

Bad news: I can't understand the pricing for TFS or VSO
Good news: someone realized xaml build scripts were an April fools joke.

Comparing TFS2015 online services. I could imagine forgetting the rate cap attribute in the csproj file & owing $60K. I don't trust it.

Curses for your worst enemies
May your
…Visual Studio soln files be corrupt
…TFS template.xaml need edits
…nuget/csproj structure be corrupt

Notice that browsers pretend to be anything but IE. I'm not IE. My résumé and user agent say so explicitly.

Who are you, really?
vendor:Google Inc.,
appCodeName:Mozilla,
appName:Netscape,
appVersion:AppleWebKit (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome Safari

Change Control Boards can prevent new flaws (by just preventing everything), but they mostly prevent fixing existing security flaws.

Famously at Toyota, if anyone sees a flaw, they can stop the assembly line. W/security flaws in PROD, anyone needs to be able to START it.

If it is not in the spec, fixing security flaws is out of scope. Junior developers need to shut up already with their insolent behavior.

The 3 year old learned how to call dad at work. He wanted to discuss bagels, donuts and tea. It was urgent.

META: Whoa, this guy figured out how to update a tweet. https://x.com/hipsterhacker/status/474268405789233152

#agile Sincere question: who talks at a scrum meeting? (% of time by role if possible)

Don't introduce fake abstractions (like a clump of code separated by white space) when real abstractions exist, like methods & classes.

CSX train derailed dumping lye in DC. Visiting Norwegians seen running to scene to make lutefisk. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/csx-train-cars-derail-in-ne-washington-hazardous-substance-leaking/2016/05/01/568ae3fc-0f97-11e6-8967-7ac733c56f12_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_csx-830am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

META: You could snapchatize twitter (delete it all after 24 hrs) & I'd still a flood of content that can barely keep up with.

IT managers that refuse OS patches because it might break an app are the anti-vaxxers of the IT world. Rampant in DC. Rampant fear.

@mark_olson call ghost busters.

META: I don't get why professional twitter accounts go to extremes to hide their geographical location (Esp ones that look like networkers)

What a Build Master should know or do as a Build Master.: (Build master sounds like AUTHORITY. It should be B... http://bit.ly/1NH1YBo

BuildMaster seems like AUTHORITY.It should be Build Sewer,'cause it’s his job to work the $#!+ rolling downhill&there's no authority in that

Sounds reasonable to me. That many years of SDLC and they sure are marriage market material anymore. https://x.com/ExpertBeginner1/status/657286657696206848

Advice on picking a bug tracker. If you don't want anyone but yourself touching it, use paper. Or pick the worse one possible so you stop.