I think it's more close to be Top-down.

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so you're not one of the nerds :)

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You might know Vincent Van Gogh ( 1853-1890 ), he's a painter; I am one of his fans, I like his paintings so much, however I have come through one of his quotes, and I felt it's very relevant to software industry and project management so I wanted to share it with you, the quote is: "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." Now, I would like to know how do you interpret this quote in terms of today's software methodologies!

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Hello, Do you have a blog ? , I guess so, we all like CodeProject and check it regularly, the thing is that you don't know about one author, until you check his article, then if you are somehow curious like me, you have a look at his bio and jump to check his blog, so I just want to gather the blogs of CodeProject authors, and make an OPML list, then I will publish it to some common URL, so everyone can import it into his RSS Reader, I think this is a good idea because, when you like one author's article, you get keen to monitor his blog, and read more about his experience and endeavors, please if you are interested about this initiative, and you think you have a good blog that you want to expose it to CodeProject members, reply to this post giving the URL for your blog's feed mentioning the technologies you blog about; so I can categorize the blogs easily, and also if you have any comments to make it better, please don't hesitate! Awaiting your feedback..

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Cool ! :laugh:

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That's interesting, so that was the reason you left MS, as far as I know Google is the best environment to work at, am I right? Regards

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Thank you Edward :rose:

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JimHFreer wrote:

I have been guilty of sitting back and letting work come to me. In the earlier days I was getting the chance to create new innovative applications, but that is just not happening now

I hope you the best of all :), it's my pleasure speaking to you :rose:

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Thank you Wayne.

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Scott McFadden wrote:

I must ask you a question... Do you program for technologies sake, or do you program to solve a problem?

Thanks Scott:), I am not just a developer, I am more aligned to architecture, simply my answer is : "I program to solve the problem in context of the target technologies I am using for the solution" the goal is much more important to me than the problem itself. Enjoyed speaking to you!

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That's great Jim, I would like to know if you are coding just for coding, or you are a member in a development team?

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Thanks Jim, I think this is the cost of being a programmer, I am also eager to know if you get the same pay as younger programmers having the designation? BTW, I started to read your blog:)

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Hello Edward, That's interesting, thank you so much for these lines, also I would like to know about how do you cope with bad management, and what if your manager is 10 years younger than you, also do you get the same pay as young developers having the same designation? Thanks alot :)

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Buddy, I am 29 and I consider myself old :D, it's really a relative matter:doh:

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Ok Wayne, Let me ask you 2 questions, first how do you keep yourself updated all the time, and what technologies are u using? Second, I would like to know one thing, most of organizations are giving a unique package for the same designation, so how do you feel when you get paid the same amount that a developer at the age of your grandson makes, sorry for the question but I would like to know your answer please? Thanks:)

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Brenda Hanel wrote:

but I think what's kept him in the field is his willingness to adapt.

Thanks Brenda! Good day.

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Thanks Brenda, It's quite useful what you've posted, also I am just curious to know how could you get this link titled 'young man's game' :), you know what?, the biggest obstacle is how to keep yourself updated, take .NET as an example, 1.x, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and it's growing, what you learn in a year, gets obsolete after another, that's really exhausting, could you tell me how could your father cope with newest releases that keep coming with no break?

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Thanks, that was helpful, but on the other hand, you will find out that most of corporates promotes old programmers, to be project managers, while they lack the talent of being a manager, and if you check PMBOK ( PMP book of knowledge ), you will find this warning clearly mentioned, because simply speaking this is the biggest mistake most of organization do, however what you spoke about is exclusive to one technology/product, I just speak about programming in general as a career path! Thank you so much for your post.

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Oh, so some companies care about age, and I think this is practical!

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Yes I believe in what you've said, the thing is that most of people lack active listening they just want to impose their ideas to be the best developers :), however what you've said I like so much, I hope most of people thinks the way you think.

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