Comments on: 10 things learned in professional software development

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:05:21 +0000

Come on guys, weeks of programming can save you hours of planning!

By the way, congrats on over 100 on Feedburner Tony.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:32:00 +0000

Oh, that’s a good one Keith.

I’ve been actually looking for a whiteboard to put up at my place just for that – sketching out ideas. Writing things down also goes beyond software and into real life. I think it has been shown that one is more likely to act upon own ideas if they were written down.

By: Keith Casey

Keith Casey — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:04:30 +0000

“Learn to say no
If everything is equally important, then nothing is important
Donâ€™t over-think a problem”

I think these apply beyond software development and to life in general. I’d like to add one though:

“Writing things down is not a sign of weakness”

I can’t count the number of times some subtle little problem was found or solved by someone sketching out an idea on a whiteboard. This applies equally well when there is zero code or when the system is up and running. And it applies to requirements too…