Comments for Namespace http://ravehanker.wordpress.com A ravish look at things Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:19:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Prashanth blogs in Desitech.in by Prashanth http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/prashanth-blogs-in-desitechin/#comment-861 Prashanth Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:19:39 +0000 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-861 "Other men's wives" -- The typical stereotypism and chauvinism that I <a href="http://www.prashblog.com/2008/10/story-of-iit-spouse.html" rel="nofollow">mentioned</a>!! “Other men’s wives” — The typical stereotypism and chauvinism that I mentioned!!

]]> Comment on Things I’ve learnt in the past year at Amazon by vijay03 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/things-ive-learnt-in-the-past-year-at-amazon/#comment-860 vijay03 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:49:51 +0000 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-860 Cool points! You've only been one year at Amazon? Feels like you have been there forever :) I really like the irony of point one - While being interviewed, you are asked precisely the opposite :) I know time and other constraints force to be so, but still :) Cool points! You’ve only been one year at Amazon? Feels like you have been there forever :)

I really like the irony of point one – While being interviewed, you are asked precisely the opposite :) I know time and other constraints force to be so, but still :)

]]> Comment on Things I’ve learnt in the past year at Amazon by Pradeep http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/things-ive-learnt-in-the-past-year-at-amazon/#comment-859 Pradeep Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:46:50 +0000 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-859 One thing that I learnt during my 3 months at Amazon: "Dont trust documentation. Look at the code , it never lies!!!" One thing that I learnt during my 3 months at Amazon: “Dont trust documentation. Look at the code , it never lies!!!”

]]> Comment on Things I’ve learnt in the past year at Amazon by ravehanker http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/things-ive-learnt-in-the-past-year-at-amazon/#comment-858 ravehanker Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:17:43 +0000 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-858 @Prashant: precisely my point! ;) @Prashant: precisely my point! ;)

]]> Comment on Things I’ve learnt in the past year at Amazon by Prashanth http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/things-ive-learnt-in-the-past-year-at-amazon/#comment-857 Prashanth Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:15:30 +0000 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-857 How is it an assumption if you have data to back up a statement? How is it an assumption if you have data to back up a statement?

]]> Comment on Things I’ve learnt in the past year at Amazon by Prasanna http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/things-ive-learnt-in-the-past-year-at-amazon/#comment-856 Prasanna Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:46:21 +0000 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-856 Very good points! Very good points!

]]> Comment on Things I’ve learnt in the past year at Amazon by ravehanker http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/things-ive-learnt-in-the-past-year-at-amazon/#comment-855 ravehanker Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:50:23 +0000 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-855 @Sriram: I know it can be frustrating to see no comments but IMHO that's still no reason for taking shortcuts. That doesn't meant you can't make shortcuts. It only means that those shortcuts you make will be *your* fault. You can't blame anyone else for it :) As for going back to clean up the code, we all know that doesn't happen. Ever! Just try to keep up one resolution - Every commit you make should improve the quality of the code by some quantum. No matter how small your improvement may be. I did this in the recent past and it seems to be working out so far. @Sriram: I know it can be frustrating to see no comments but IMHO that’s still no reason for taking shortcuts. That doesn’t meant you can’t make shortcuts. It only means that those shortcuts you make will be *your* fault. You can’t blame anyone else for it :)

As for going back to clean up the code, we all know that doesn’t happen. Ever!
Just try to keep up one resolution – Every commit you make should improve the quality of the code by some quantum. No matter how small your improvement may be. I did this in the recent past and it seems to be working out so far.

]]> Comment on Things I’ve learnt in the past year at Amazon by Sriram http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/things-ive-learnt-in-the-past-year-at-amazon/#comment-854 Sriram Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:36:36 +0000 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-854 I'm struggling to follow 4 when people just leave their 'clean' code base to me (without comments or even an overview of what it tries to do). Before I can understand anything inside the black box, some features are expected out of it! In this situation, what can one average programmer like me do, other than making the code base worse ? :( Even later, there is no time to look back and clean up the code and if you do that, it won't be considered as a part of 'productive' work.. :) I’m struggling to follow 4 when people just leave their ‘clean’ code base to me (without comments or even an overview of what it tries to do). Before I can understand anything inside the black box, some features are expected out of it! In this situation, what can one average programmer like me do, other than making the code base worse ? :( Even later, there is no time to look back and clean up the code and if you do that, it won’t be considered as a part of ‘productive’ work.. :)

]]> Comment on Things I’ve learnt in the past year at Amazon by Vijay Dev http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/things-ive-learnt-in-the-past-year-at-amazon/#comment-853 Vijay Dev Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:50:32 +0000 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-853 >> Track the time you spend working. Have tried to do exactly that in the past one month >> You’ll be surprised to find how amazingly inefficient you are. and yeah, found the inefficiency to be astonishingly high ! >> Track the time you spend working.
Have tried to do exactly that in the past one month
>> You’ll be surprised to find how amazingly inefficient you are.
and yeah, found the inefficiency to be astonishingly high !

]]> Comment on Things I’ve learnt in the past year at Amazon by Prashanth http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/things-ive-learnt-in-the-past-year-at-amazon/#comment-852 Prashanth Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:22:16 +0000 http://ravehanker.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-852 I agree ZSH is awesome! I wrote a blog post on how to pimp up your zsh config here: <a href="http://www.prashblog.com/2008/08/zsh-for-productivity.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.prashblog.com/2008/08/zsh-for-productivity.html</a> I agree ZSH is awesome! I wrote a blog post on how to pimp up your zsh config here: http://www.prashblog.com/2008/08/zsh-for-productivity.html

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