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As a developer, how do you rate yourself against your work colleagues?   [Edit]

Survey period: 3 Feb 2003 to 9 Feb 2003

90% of drivers think they are better than average and I'm sure the same goes for developers. How do you honestly rank yourself among those you work with?

OptionVotes% 
Way above average33029.39
Above average42237.58
About average25222.44
Below average786.95
Way below average413.65



 
GeneralRe: Depends on the cow-orkers Pin
Paul M Watt4-Feb-03 20:02
mentorPaul M Watt4-Feb-03 20:02 
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Michael Dunn5-Feb-03 11:55
sitebuilderMichael Dunn5-Feb-03 11:55 
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Marc Clifton5-Feb-03 0:58
mvaMarc Clifton5-Feb-03 0:58 
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Michael Dunn5-Feb-03 11:57
sitebuilderMichael Dunn5-Feb-03 11:57 
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Marc Clifton5-Feb-03 12:11
mvaMarc Clifton5-Feb-03 12:11 
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Navin5-Feb-03 10:59
Navin5-Feb-03 10:59 
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Nick Parker6-Feb-03 16:03
protectorNick Parker6-Feb-03 16:03 
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Michael Dunn8-Feb-03 16:21
sitebuilderMichael Dunn8-Feb-03 16:21 
Nick Parker wrote:
That must have been an nice environment to work in (possibly?)

It really depended on the people. When I first started working there as a QA engineer there was a real divide between QA and dev. I had to learn on my own back then, since the other folks on the QA team were as green as me.
Once I got a job in dev, I always made sure to go talk to the QA guys from time to time (it helped that by that time, the teams weren't physically separated, my cube was in an area with lots of QA guys) to try and prevent that divide from building back up.

For a while we had a rec room with a pool table, and I met more guys there than during normal work. The NU and NAV teams didn't really mingle that much, and forget about the Mac guys, they were off in their own world. Wink | ;)

Nick Parker wrote:
Were they great simply through experience and/or was there extensive educations (Masters, PhD's, etc.) invlolved?

Experience, definitely. I don't recall any of the coders having more than an undergrad degree, and another guy who was hired right after me had just finished high school (his programming experience was that good).

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GeneralIf you consider youself way above average... Pin
Todd Smith4-Feb-03 11:45
Todd Smith4-Feb-03 11:45 
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Paul M Watt4-Feb-03 12:37
mentorPaul M Watt4-Feb-03 12:37 
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Marc Clifton5-Feb-03 0:54
mvaMarc Clifton5-Feb-03 0:54 
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Giles7-Feb-03 1:04
Giles7-Feb-03 1:04 
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Jack Handy8-Feb-03 4:13
Jack Handy8-Feb-03 4:13 
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Shawn Cicoria7-Feb-03 5:36
Shawn Cicoria7-Feb-03 5:36 
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Gary R. Wheeler8-Feb-03 2:26
Gary R. Wheeler8-Feb-03 2:26 
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Kastellanos Nikos9-Feb-03 22:34
Kastellanos Nikos9-Feb-03 22:34 
GeneralIn general.... Pin
Roger Allen4-Feb-03 3:42
Roger Allen4-Feb-03 3:42 
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ColinDavies4-Feb-03 9:39
ColinDavies4-Feb-03 9:39 
GeneralKinda hard to decide... Pin
Philip Patrick3-Feb-03 23:41
professionalPhilip Patrick3-Feb-03 23:41 
GeneralRe: Kinda hard to decide... Pin
ColinDavies3-Feb-03 23:54
ColinDavies3-Feb-03 23:54 
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Philip Patrick4-Feb-03 0:44
professionalPhilip Patrick4-Feb-03 0:44 
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4-Feb-03 8:42
suss4-Feb-03 8:42 
GeneralWhy so many slights at VB Pin
Paul Farry3-Feb-03 19:36
professionalPaul Farry3-Feb-03 19:36 
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peterchen3-Feb-03 22:38
peterchen3-Feb-03 22:38 
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LiquidKnight4-Feb-03 15:07
LiquidKnight4-Feb-03 15:07 

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