Improving Your Programming Skills: All You Need Is Motivation

 In the past many people could come up with easy excuses for not learning a skill. College, after all, is quite expensive! Time consuming! I’ve even heard the lamest excuse of all where people who did go to college make the excuse that their skills are poor because their school didn’t have a good...

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Suara Hati Ayah: Jangan takut wahai anakku dengan PhD itu ..

SalamInsyaallah , tidak berapa lama lagi anakku akan melanjutkan pelajarannya ke peringkat PhD. Oleh itu, saya mengambil kesempatan untuk menulis untuk nya dan ..  untuk sekalian umat islam di seluruh dunia yang tahu berbahasa Melayu.Insyallah.Bacalah wahai anakku. Gerungggg   mu buat Ph.D?  Blur bang? Tahniah dah dapat offer dari JPT untuk menjalankan kajian di peringkat PhD. ...

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Nine Things Developers Want More Than Money

Many of the developers I know have been programming since they were in junior high. Whether it was building text-based games on an Apple IIe or creating a high school football roster app in Visual Basic, it’s something they did for the challenge, for the love of learning new things and, oh yes, for...

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‘A’ Student Sila Lupakan Impian Memulakan Bisnes Sendiri

Anda sentiasa dapat straight A’s dalam UPSR, PMR, SPM?Anda sentiasa masuk dalam senarai penerima anugerah dekan setiap semester?Anda tidak pernah repeat paper dalam mana-mana subjek peperiksaan? Jika anda tergolong dalam kategori pelajar yang lebih banyak ‘A’ dari gred-gred lain, artikel ini adalah...

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Tips and Tricks for Staying Motivated With Your Programming Project

Do you have a project that you were really excited about in the beginning but now your lack of motivation has you saying “Not that project again, bleh”? I think we all suffer from that once in awhile. Especially on those projects where we are not the lead or never thought of the project to begin with. How are we going to get excited about making a program to track the amortization of a truck for some...

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How to stay motivated whilst programming a game

Lots of people want to know the answer to that question. Most indie games fail. Most indie projects never get completed. I don’t have any way to prove that, but any indie game veterans will know it’s true. Here are my top tips. Some of them may seem like they de-motivate, rather than motivate, but I get motivated by knowing how important and serious it is for me to work hard. Most indies don’t realise...

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Top Three Motivators For Developers (Hint: not money!)

Software has long since lost its glory-days status.  We’re not the go-to field anymore.  Geeks are no longer revered as gods amongst humanity for our ability to manipulate computers.  We get crappy jobs just like everyone else. So, what is it that still motivates you to work as a software developer? Ah...satisfaction! Is it your fat salary, great perks, and end-of-year bonuses? ...

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What Programmers Want

Most people who have been assigned the unfortunate task of managing programmers have no idea how to motivate them. They believe that the small perks (such as foosball tables) and bonuses that work in more relaxed settings will compensate for more severe hindrances like distracting work environments, low autonomy, poor tools, unreasonable deadlines, and pointless projects. They’re wrong. However, this...

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27 inspiring top notch programming quotes

It's been a while that I got a chance to write another post here. Currently, I'm really busy with school/work (just got a "job" at InfoSupport - love it!) which takes a lot of my time. When my classmates and myself wrote the Getting Groovy in an SOA Study, we added some cool programming quotes that was a real addition to the report. When searching for those inspiring programming quotes, there were...

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What's your motivation for programming?

  Studies since the 1970s that show that Intrinsic motivation (from within) rather than Extrinsic motivation (external factors like money) is the main motivation for people doing good work. In Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink talks about the various research and studies and even gave some suggestions on how to improve your workplace, if you are a lead or manager...

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30-Minute Exercise to Become a Better Programmer

I believe that motivation is really important. That’s why from time to time I read books about time management (as they motivate me to be focused and continue evolve my TM-system) and books about software craftsmanship. The other day I finished one of this kind of books - “Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance...

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Hang Tuah Orang Melayu Bukan Orang Cina

Sebut sahaja mengenai Hang Tuah, ramai puak Chauvinist dan Kiasu akan mula berdendang bahawa pahlawan Melayu ini merupakan bangsa cina. Mereka mempunyai hujah mereka untuk mengatakan bahawa Hang Tuah adalah daripada bangsa cina. Justeru artikel ini akan berbentuk Q&A, di mana setiap soalan akan...

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