CodeQuotes » Corporate Culture http://codequotes.com random technology quotations Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:38:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Fowler on Pair Programming http://codequotes.com/2009/08/25/fowler-on-pair-programming http://codequotes.com/2009/08/25/fowler-on-pair-programming#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:41:15 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2009/08/25/fowler-on-pair-programming “When people say that pair programming reduces productivity, I answer ‘that would be true if the most time consuming part of programming was typing.’”

— Martin Fowler

]]> http://codequotes.com/2009/08/25/fowler-on-pair-programming/feed 0 DeMarco: Organizational learning http://codequotes.com/2006/11/15/demarco-organizational-learning http://codequotes.com/2006/11/15/demarco-organizational-learning#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:15:34 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/11/15/demarco-organizational-learning “Learning is limited by an organization’s ability to keep its people.”

— Tom DeMarco

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/11/15/demarco-organizational-learning/feed 0 Spolsky: Rocket scientists in kindergarten http://codequotes.com/2006/03/25/spolsky-rocket-scientists-in-kindergarten http://codequotes.com/2006/03/25/spolsky-rocket-scientists-in-kindergarten#comments Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:17:01 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/03/25/spolsky-rocket-scientists-in-kindergarten “Treating your rocket scientist employees as if they were still in kindergarten is not an isolated phenomenon. Almost every company has some kind of incentive program that is insulting and demeaning.”

— Joel Spolsky

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/03/25/spolsky-rocket-scientists-in-kindergarten/feed 0 Galbraith: Stupid people in large groups http://codequotes.com/2006/03/24/galbraith-stupid-people-in-large-groups http://codequotes.com/2006/03/24/galbraith-stupid-people-in-large-groups#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:08:49 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/03/24/galbraith-stupid-people-in-large-groups “Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/03/24/galbraith-stupid-people-in-large-groups/feed 0 Woodward: Defiance of management http://codequotes.com/2006/03/23/woodward-defiance-of-management http://codequotes.com/2006/03/23/woodward-defiance-of-management#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:06:34 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/03/23/woodward-defiance-of-management “All good work is done in defiance of management.”

— Bob Woodward

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/03/23/woodward-defiance-of-management/feed 0 Douglas Adams: Deadlines http://codequotes.com/2006/02/22/douglas-adams-deadlines http://codequotes.com/2006/02/22/douglas-adams-deadlines#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:59:27 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/02/22/douglas-adams-deadlines “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”

— Douglas Adams

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/02/22/douglas-adams-deadlines/feed 0 Tom DeMarco: Workplace design http://codequotes.com/2006/02/20/tom-demarco-workplace-design http://codequotes.com/2006/02/20/tom-demarco-workplace-design#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:58:31 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/02/20/tom-demarco-workplace-design “Police-mentality planners design workplaces the way they would prisons: Optimized for containment at minimal cost.”

— Tom DeMarco

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/02/20/tom-demarco-workplace-design/feed 0 Barry: Corporations and dead projects http://codequotes.com/2006/02/10/dave-barry-corporations-and-dead-projects http://codequotes.com/2006/02/10/dave-barry-corporations-and-dead-projects#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:43:37 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/archives/23 “If you have ever seen the movie Night of the Living Dead, you have a rough idea how modern corporations and organizations operate, with projects and proposals that everybody thought were killed constantly rising from their graves to stagger back into meetings and eat the brains of the living.”

— Dave Barry

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/02/10/dave-barry-corporations-and-dead-projects/feed 0 Dvorak: Corporations and fun http://codequotes.com/2006/02/08/john-c-dvorak-corporations-and-fun http://codequotes.com/2006/02/08/john-c-dvorak-corporations-and-fun#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:31:05 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/archives/22 “In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time.”

— John C. Dvorak

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