Questions tagged [time-management]
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Should Professional Development occur on company time?
As a first-time part-time software developer at a small consulting company, I'm struggling to organise time to further my own software development knowledge - whether that's reading a book, keeping up with the popular questions on StackOverflow,…
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How to code on a very tight schedule?
I'm working on a project that has very tight schedule. I don't have much time to code and test (even though I work more than 12 hours everyday, it's still delayed), and the result is very fragile. Its code is also very dilemma.
This program is used…
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Is the time spent customizing your dev machine environment worth it?
There are times when I am working on programming project and I get the itch to change some stuff in my environment (OSX or Linux). Vim might not being doing exactly
what I want, so instead of doing it the round about way I've been doing for a
couple…
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Alternatives to time tracking methodologies
Question first: What are some feasible alternatives to time tracking for employees in a web/software development company, and why are they better options
Explanation:
I work at a company where we work like this. Everybody is paid salary. We have 3…
Brandon - Free Palestine
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How does one effectively implement the 80/20 rule for developer time?
I am a developer at a bank where an 80/20 rule is implemented. 80% of the time you work on your assigned project and 20% you work on something that interests you. However, I'm not really sure how to do that. I'm hoping there are others out there who…
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Time management training programs for developers
My company asked me to set up a personal goal of improving time management. This means keeping up with time reporting, revising estimates and being responsive to email inquiries.
Of course, I have read books on the topic and have tried numerous…
user22690
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Using work time effectively: How to create code quickly?
Possible Duplicates:
How can I be more productive at work? (additional context inside)
How to code on a very tight schedule?
Sometimes we create new code quickly. And sometimes we can't concentrate.
Development process has different thinking…
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I target short projects, but fail miserably on projects that requires persistence
I know this is kind of time-management question. I do well in short assignments, but fail miserably, when it comes to projects that require hours and hours of work to be done day after day.
I cannot code more than 10 minutes, unless there is a…
