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jerhewet on July 26, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: When you're in a team that I lead, there are 3 thi...

4. Make sure when you explain "A" that the person you're talking to doesn't hear it as "B".

Not sure why, but this seems to be very common with programmers -- especially when one programmer is explaining a task to another programmer.

ojbyrne on July 27, 2011 [–]

Because software is, by its nature, ill-defined. If you fully specify every detail of a project, you've essentially done all the work.

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