Comments on: Do you want to know…what DLSI is? http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/ “...and every time she sneezes, I believe it's love... ” Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jai http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Jai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=640#comment-303 From experience: in the "Real World", nobody hits deadlines. Try as they might, most projects get planed without taking into account that someone will place a quotation mark in the Matrix somewhere that will cause something wierd to happen... perhaps a glitch... perhaps... Deja Vu? From experience: in the “Real World”, nobody hits deadlines. Try as they might, most projects get planed without taking into account that someone will place a quotation mark in the Matrix somewhere that will cause something wierd to happen… perhaps a glitch… perhaps… Deja Vu?

]]> By: Ken http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Ken Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=640#comment-304 We actually managed to get an extension on our project. Well, I call it an extension, but it's really more holding the NJIT faculty to their promise. Last day of class is was going to be next Tuesday, but, because of snow days, the class schedules were restructured so this Thursday is the last day of class—basically shortening our development timeline by a week. I made some noise about it, though and got the extension bumped to 5/7. We actually managed to get an extension on our project. Well, I call it an extension, but it’s really more holding the NJIT faculty to their promise. Last day of class is was going to be next Tuesday, but, because of snow days, the class schedules were restructured so this Thursday is the last day of class—basically shortening our development timeline by a week. I made some noise about it, though and got the extension bumped to 5/7.

]]> By: altp http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/comment-page-1/#comment-305 altp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=640#comment-305 -- From experience: in the "Real World", nobody hits deadlines. -- if you say so. In my 5 years of programming for my current employer i've (nor my team on the occassions that i've had to work with one) have never missed one. Meeting a deadline in the 'real world' isn't a hard thing to do. there are 24 hours in a day. most projects have at least 2 weeks before they are due. thats 14x24=336 hours of time to research+design+hack. Average hack time for me is about 60hours per 3000 lines of code. that can be done in 4 days (you actually need to sleep between coding and debugging your code ;-) ). most 2 week projects are about (at least for me) 1500 lines of code. So i get about 10/11 days of research and design time. which is more than enough for most projects (given a 11 hour work day). btw: good luck on the project Ken ... Altp. –
From experience: in the “Real World”, nobody hits deadlines.
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if you say so.

In my 5 years of programming for my current employer i’ve (nor my team on the occassions that i’ve had to work with one) have never missed one.

Meeting a deadline in the ‘real world’ isn’t a hard thing to do. there are 24 hours in a day. most projects have at least 2 weeks before they are due. thats 14×24=336 hours of time to research+design+hack. Average hack time for me is about 60hours per 3000 lines of code. that can be done in 4 days (you actually need to sleep between coding and debugging your code ;-) ).

most 2 week projects are about (at least for me) 1500 lines of code. So i get about 10/11 days of research and design time. which is more than enough for most projects (given a 11 hour work day).

btw: good luck on the project Ken …

Altp.

]]> By: Jai http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Jai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=640#comment-306 I've never been on a project so short, so I guess you may be right. Most projects I've been on are monsters- 8 - 12 month projects, with many changes deadlines. I’ve never been on a project so short, so I guess you may be right. Most projects I’ve been on are monsters- 8 – 12 month projects, with many changes deadlines.

]]> By: Jai http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Jai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=640#comment-307 By the way, Altp, iI noticed that on your site you have a "find magic cards" search engine. If you play the online version of MTG, I'd sell you my colection (if you're interested), or (even easier) my MTGO account - which is rather extensive (I get obsessed with stuff, and this was one thing I got obsessed with and decided one day just to give it up and find the universe outside the screen again). It's something like 1200 cards with the good stuff- COA, Squirell decks, bird decks, timmy decks, nightmare decks... I tried to forget them all... By the way, Altp, iI noticed that on your site you have a “find magic cards” search engine. If you play the online version of MTG, I’d sell you my colection (if you’re interested), or (even easier) my MTGO account – which is rather extensive (I get obsessed with stuff, and this was one thing I got obsessed with and decided one day just to give it up and find the universe outside the screen again). It’s something like 1200 cards with the good stuff- COA, Squirell decks, bird decks, timmy decks, nightmare decks… I tried to forget them all…

]]> By: altp http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/comment-page-1/#comment-308 altp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=640#comment-308 hehe... table top only ;-) As for project length, i have a bunch of non-techs dictating when things will be done. I may go into work tomorrow to find an email that says "we want something like ebay by the end of the week" ... so, there would have to be something like ebay developed by the end of the week ;-) ... more often than not its "we want web app X done by the end fo the month" and web app X is something simular to Y that I did the previous week. Altp. hehe… table top only ;-)

As for project length, i have a bunch of non-techs dictating when things will be done. I may go into work tomorrow to find an email that says “we want something like ebay by the end of the week” … so, there would have to be something like ebay developed by the end of the week ;-) … more often than not its “we want web app X done by the end fo the month” and web app X is something simular to Y that I did the previous week.

Altp.

]]> By: Ken http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Ken Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=640#comment-309 "...and web app X is something simular to Y that I did the previous week." So, rather than several tiny projects, your work is more like one, long, drawn out assignment that never ends. :) “…and web app X is something simular to Y that I did the previous week.”

So, rather than several tiny projects, your work is more like one, long, drawn out assignment that never ends. :)

]]> By: altp http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/comment-page-1/#comment-310 altp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=640#comment-310 something like that. I'm in the process of doing 2 things: 1) writing "Mike's Perl Modules" to make my life easier. 2) learning Python to port everything to that ;-) Its actually not as simple as one long drawn out project that never ends. But, that analogy works i guess. ;-) Altp. something like that.

I’m in the process of doing 2 things:

1) writing “Mike’s Perl Modules” to make my life easier.
2) learning Python to port everything to that ;-)

Its actually not as simple as one long drawn out project that never ends. But, that analogy works i guess. ;-)

Altp.

]]> By: Ken http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Ken Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=640#comment-311 Yes, what is this Python thing I keep hearing about? :) Apparently, it's one of Mark Pilgrim's favorite languages, and it was used to create one of my favorite apps: Plucker. Yes, what is this Python thing I keep hearing about? :) Apparently, it’s one of Mark Pilgrim’s favorite languages, and it was used to create one of my favorite apps: Plucker.

]]> By: Jai http://kennsarah.net/2003/04/29/do-you-want-to-knowwhat-dlsi-is/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Jai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kennsarah.net/?p=640#comment-312 I just re-read this entry K... This is pehaps the best blog entry ever written, sheerly by its parodical style and its acurate manner of getting the point across. Bravo, Kneo! "A plus, plus, plus, plus..." Ralphie's teacher I just re-read this entry K… This is pehaps the best blog entry ever written, sheerly by its parodical style and its acurate manner of getting the point across. Bravo, Kneo!

“A plus, plus, plus, plus…” Ralphie’s teacher

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