Questions tagged [specialization]
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Is it better to specialize in a single field I like, or expand into other fields to broaden my horizons?
This is a dilemma about which I have been thinking for quite a while.
I'm a graduate student and my topics of interest are programming language design, code analysis, compilation, etc. So far, this field has been very interesting and rewarding for…
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What proportion of programming is done for embedded systems?
What proportion of programming is done for embedded systems? More generally, please share any interesting statistics on programmers by domain, e.g. real-time/business/UI/gaming/…
How you define the domain boundaries (e.g. what is an embedded system)…
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What are some known/common development specialties?
In an answer that I posted to another question, I noted that there is likely to become more and more specialization in software development: there being experts or specialists for given type of programming.
I'm wondering, what specialties are known…
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How to increase the bus factor and specialize at the same time?
In agile pair programming it is recommended to switch pairs every now and then so as to increase the bus factor of the team. That means, most people in the team should work on different parts of the system at different times so that everyone has an…
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Generalized VS Specialized technical solution; what to take into account?
We recently had a discussion in the office because of conflicting views between developers. One side (side S) argued technical solutions -generally- need to be a specific as possible, while the other side (side G) argued generalized solutions are…
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In Object-Oriented Programming, can a class be considered "too specialized"?
If a class can only perform one task, could it be considered to be "too specialized"?
My intuition is that classes should be abstractions that are capable of representing themselves in multiple ways. I'm reviewing some class definitions that are so…
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Should model/view in MVC be concrete or generic?
In the MVC pattern, should model and view be very concrete and tailored to the represented component? Or should they be as generic as possible so that they can easily be reused?
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My data is a list of recorded frames. Each frame can…
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Would you keep convincing your management some better practices if he keeps screwing things up
My manager, an enthusiastic programmer, is full of good energy to program. But he has a ... habit were he will be negligent in meetings if he can't understand the issue or argument. As a result, he screws up a couple of things.
For example:
When we…
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