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I like reading books that make me think differently about things.
I like business books and I like books that talk about what it's like to try to create new things and specifically new software. I'm also interested in what sparks interest in people. For those reasons I really like this book by Jason Fried from 37Signals.com (now Basecamp -- project management software).
Rework (Jason Fried of 37Signals) - amazon[^]
It has some great stuff like:
* Meetings Are Toxic
* Your Estimates Suck
* Outside Money is Plan Z
* You Need Less Than You Think
* Build Half a Product, Not A Half-assed Product
* Make Tiny Decisions
It's a fast read.
Have any of you read it?
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You'll need an Apple device and Safari to watch it (grrr) but it's Now on[^]
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I can't contain my excitement 
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Well whoopdi frickin Doo.
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Chris Maunder wrote: You'll need an Apple device and Safari to watch it
Or a PC with Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, allegedly.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Buy one quick and give them a hand: Lego Laying Off 8% of Workers
It Is The Absolute Verifiable Truth & Proven Fact
That Your Belly-Button Signature Ties
To Viviparous Mama.
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Oh dear I was asleep  how distressing.
I was more interested in the release of the Note 8 and I missed that too.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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You have had multiple interviews or even one and they hired internally?
What industry were you interviewing with?
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A phone interview and a face-to-face or Skype interview. After that, they're paying me for my time.
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I certainly wouldn't let it get to six interviews. 2 or 3 Maybe. After that I'd tell them to decide or cancel me.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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That might depend upon how hungry you are or plan to be.
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I've got 32 years experience. I don't need multiple interviews. When I'm looking for work I always have 2 or 3 companies I'm interviewing with. If it takes more than 2 then I assume something's wrong.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Kevin Marois wrote: I've got 32 years experience. I don't need multiple interviews.
I'm forced to rely upon my divine inspiration.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Kevin Marois wrote: If it takes more than 2 then I assume something's wrong.
I feel the same way about that topic. 
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If it don't work, just give them a good bash 
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Yup
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Yep, I had four interviews and a test with one place - two phone interviews, two meetings and a psychometric test. I didn't even have a technical test.
I picked up off the grapevine that the place had pissed off a few recruiters doing the same thing to other candidates.
Incidentally I remember back in the 80's and 90's, when in the UK a company would actually pay your travel costs to get you to the interview. Times have certainly changed.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 12-Sep-17 13:13pm.
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I actually walked out of an interview. They never even discussed programming or my resume. It was all "What's your favorite color" and "How would you handle someone who farts in the office" nonsense.
After an hour of sitting in a room with 3 women who were not developers listening to this crap I just said "You know, I don't think this is for me" - and I left.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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good on you!
In one interview I was asked some 'quick fire'(that's how she put it) questions by the HR representative.
The one which really did it for me was - "Which is more important - getting it done right or getting it done quickly?"
I didn't know whether to ask if she was being serious in her questioning.
As for "how would you handle someone who farts?", at that stage I would have been tempted to say that I would turn it into a competition and see if I could fart more loudly than them.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: "Which is more important - getting it done right or getting it done quickly?"
I'm sorry, I was applying for a developer role, not a managerial one... go ask the manager.
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I had a recruiter (woman, young, 23ish, california flower child "like wow man") ask me how much WPF experience I had. I said something like "5-6 years. She then asked how much XAML experience I had, to which I said "That's WPF. Same thing" She said "No, they're not the same".
After 10 more minutes of explaining it to her she said "The client sent me these questions. Could you help me understand them so I can do a better job interviewing"
When I finally got the client on the phone I told him about it and he just laughed. I didn't take the job.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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You know, if you had made it through that interview, those were going to be the people managing your projects and giving you requirements 
"The UI isn't my favorite color"
"I want the logo to be bigger"
"I feel like it should do something else"
"This program doesn't validate that our internal DBA isn't maliciously altering our data"
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