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KentBeck
2,471karma·231submissions·April 6, 2009
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Kent Beck is a programmer, author, artist, father, and singing guitarist.
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Capital efficiency is certainly important whether you are a HW or SW startup. I'm curious about your comment that "the financial types would never accept the business plans". One of the important feat…
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I have had good experiences getting paid by O'Reilly sponsored conferences.
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Thank you for the thoughtful reply. I do feel a sense of camaraderie. Doing things that are valuable and not receiving value is out of balance. Not being funded to create the next increment of value i…
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The only three local tech employers of any note are Fire Mountain Gems, Harry and Davids, and Musician's Friend. I wouldn't recommend this area to a programmer unless you are willing to travel, in whi…
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Thank you for following up before judging. I'll try to summarize more clearly. I offered to give the original talk for the opportunity to get feedback on new ideas and the opportunity to present JUnit…
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It was a leap of faith at first, but I also had 20 some years of data to back it up after that.
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Interesting comments below. Apparently my point wasn't as clear as I hoped. I'll try once more--in the runway portion of a startup, especially when bootstrapping, I am willing to completely ignore sca…
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Smalltalk was initially a no-test zone. When it became more commercial, though, testing became common.
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My experience is that I am often creative but I am inconsistent in my follow through. When I get an odd idea, at my best I just try it. That makes me more likely to have another odd idea, and if I try…