Jonathan Cogley's Blog
C#, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, MVP C#, ASPInsider, Secret Server
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Remote interviews using VNC
thycotic is currently looking for a strong .NET developer with an interest in Test Driven Development to join our team. Part of our standard interview process is to "pair program" with a candidate to introduce them to one of our typical code bases, company APIs, team practices and general fit. I love this approach since it provides wonderful context for digging into the nitty gritty of their technical understanding. The approach is most definitely a two way street and both sides get to try out the fit - after all who wants to hire someone where the job isn't going to work out after a few months!?
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Marketing Strategist / Analyst (Internship) for Thycotic (a growing software development company!)
Thycotic is looking for an intern to help with the current marketing efforts for our services and products. If you are creative, have strong communication skills and willing to bring new ideas to a growing software development company then drop me a line.
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Is Lean an easier sell than Agile or Extreme?
Last Thursday (7/14/2005), Mary Poppendieck was hosted by a local consulting company (Sphere of Influence) and spoke on Lean Software Development. The session was fascinating and presented a new spin on many of the familiar Agile topics.
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Another .NET TDD Developer opening at Thycotic!
Eric is doing it, so it must work! :-)
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Thycotic's Jeff Schoolcraft does BOF at TechEd - TDD Web Applications!
Jeff Schoolcraft, a Thycotic consultant, will be leading a Birds of a Feather session on Test-Driven Web Applications at Microsoft TechEd in Orlando on Wednesday at 7:45pm to 8:45pm in Cabana 1.
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MSDN Webcast on NUnitAsp was a blast! Download link and Q&A summary
Yesterday's MSDN Webcast on Test Driven Development with NUnitAsp was a lot of fun! Attendance peaked at around 130 people during the session and yes, some of them even stayed the whole way through! :-) A big thank you to my fellow Thycotic consultant, Jeff Schoolcraft, who fielded attendee questions via chat during the entire session spreading TDD and our Thycotic approach.
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Almost a Shore Thing
Jim Shore, one of authors of NUnitAsp, was going to be joining me on the upcoming MSDN Webcast for a cameo role to answer questions and add to the discussion. Unfortunately Jim's travel schedule was going to place him aboard an airplane about 20 minutes into the Webcast so it was a no go! :-) He is very enthusiastic about being involved in the future so hopefully we can get together to do something else.
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Language style - are all .NET languages the same?
Thycotic has recently engaged on a consulting project that is completely VB.NET. This is not our usual (C#) stomping ground so there are plenty of opportunities for us to learn new things and make sure that we steer clear of the religious arguments! I have been developing primarily in C-style languages for most of my career so the transition has been interesting.
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MSDN Webcast: Test-Driven Development with NUnitAsp (June 1 2005 4pm EST)
I will be doing my first MSDN Webcast on Wednesday, June 1st 2005 at 4pm EST. The session is only an hour so it will be mostly an intro to TDD in ASP.NET with some good pointers on NUnitAsp and how to piece it all together.
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Thycotic.TddStarterKit and Thycotic.DatabaseScripter
The Mid-Atlantic Code Camp was an enormous success as everyone already agreed. The event featured two presentations from Thycotic for which slides and code are now available.