Hi Team, It's kinda off-topic, but if you grew up writing (or playing) games on a ZX-Spectrum, or similar, you might be interested in tonight's session of the ...
A very nice article on the Moniac machine in the New York times. http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/guest-column-like-water-for-money/ Martin -- ...
'In all, it is thought that only 14 Phillips machines were ever built. Today many of them are gathering dust, languishing in basements, their whereabouts...
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Hello, I have just released a new version of Mirror, a DSL for dealing with Java Reflection API. Mirror's main goal is to reduce Reflection complexity, making...
Hey Jonas, Looks interesting - I tend to use FEST-Reflect [1] a lot in my testing code which looks rather similar, only uses more static methods to do things...
Quite interesting this DSL. It really looks like my first attempt to develop a DSL for reflection (Mirror 0.1). I took a look at fest's source code and there...
Hello, I am pleased to announce the Wellington Java User Group meeting for June 2009. Wednesday June 17: 5:00 for 5:15 - 6:30pm. "I know the programming...
... Sorry to be stupid, but isn't the answer "Yes, by definition"? "Programmer" is defined as: Main Entry: pro·gram·mer Listen to the pronunciation of...
I'm sure that John would be happy to record the whole conversation in detail and make it available :-) ... -- ... Richard Vowles, Talk to me about development...
Hi All, I have been following the group for some time, but unfortunately not able to attend the group events as I am not in NZ. I am right now searching for a...
Jason, An interesting line of argument but I think you would be surprised by the number of people who know a programming language but still can't program....
Hi Marcelo, there are a bunch of larger companies in Wellington that come to mind: - Solnet Solutions - Codec Software - Datacom - GenI - Equinox - HP...
... Nor should it be - as a programmer is not an engineering discipline nor a science - it is much closer to an Art. ... We need to steer *well* clear of the...
Hi Marcelo, Kai is correct on his explanation below. I had a few friends w/ the same experience, so not dwelling on those. I work for Catalyst IT, not a java...
... I'm the opposite. I'm a "wannbe Engineer" !! For me "Software Engineering" implies: - Awareness of the known problems/issues - Awareness of known good...
From a quick skim (ch3 & below) it looks like you are talking about styles / mechanisms for acquiring mental models - very interesting, and long debated. ...
This reminds of me the current NZCS initiative [1] for an "Information Technology Certified Professional" certification which goes live later in the year. ...
Look - this is a polite forum. Please do not use that degree of profanity here (NZCS). ... -- ... Richard Vowles, Talk to me about development in Grails,...
Kai/Jun, Thank you very much for such a complete response/feedback. It's funny that I've heard about this "local" experience requirement for Australia by some...
Hi Marcelo, Just one word of advice - if you want (or need) to have a job before you come out definitively, you must come out on a scouting mission first. Plan...
Hi, I can confirm Kai's "not having enough Kiwi experience" statement which happened to me and other friends as well, although I quickly found a job after...
Language barriers. And a poor hiring technique IMHO. ... -- ... Richard Vowles, Talk to me about development in Grails, Groovy, Java and for the Blackberry ph:...
Language barriers? Really? I agree that the IELTS (for those who don't know - it's an international english test with a score from 1 (worst) to 9 (best)) score...
I've never come across the "not kiwi enough", tho I AM a kiwi. But that said, I've hired people in that position (well, had a big hand in it), and it's never...
English isn't the point here Kai, every English variant has its own idioms and cultural norms. Your ability to fit into a team is not simply defined by your...
I totally agree with you on this Richard. I HATE the term Software Engineer - and I dont consider myself one. I've not done an BEng and I dont consider...
First: stop swearing :) Second: didn't master builders build the leaky houses? the MB thing only means that if a MB screws up, the MB group has insurance which...
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