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  • Re: Project for me

    From Janis Papanagnou@21:1/5 to Malcolm McLean on Sun Feb 18 16:30:33 2024
    On 18.02.2024 14:33, Malcolm McLean wrote:
    Meeting with the boss the other day, and the upshot is that I've got
    three months to do exactly as I like. It doesn't have to be anything of
    any commercial value to the company. Part of the idea is to give me a
    bit of a rest, so nothing too ambitious.

    That's a fine move. And three months an amazing time frame.

    Anyone any suggestions?

    I would nonetheless do something of value for the company (but not
    necessarily of "commercial value").

    But without knowing your company it's hard to tell what exactly.

    I'd inspect where there's some badly working processes that could
    be enhanced by tool support. Or something to make development more
    reliable. Or get and combine statistical data that makes it possible
    to draw valuable conclusions for the domain you're working in, and
    that can maybe also be used for (internal or external) PR activities.
    Some tool or system to enhance QA. Or just a recreational tool, a
    game, or some such, maybe. Or examine how to use existing free tools
    to your (or your company's) benefit, and if necessary programming adapters/enhancements to be able to use them. Contributing to any
    free tool that you think is worth fostering. - So far just a few
    random thoughts. - Depending on your choice it might not be a rest.

    Janis

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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to Malcolm McLean on Sun Feb 18 11:19:58 2024
    Malcolm McLean wrote:
    Meeting with the boss the other day, and the upshot is that I've got
    three months to do exactly as I like. It doesn't have to be anything of
    any commercial value to the company. Part of the idea is to give me a
    bit of a rest, so nothing too ambitious.

    do you have to still be there? does it have to be
    computer related?



    Anyone any suggestions?

    a volunteer project doing something physical.

    going through the phone answering system and making sure
    it is functional and useful (and has non-annoying music or
    ...)...


    songbird

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  • From Derek@21:1/5 to Malcolm McLean on Mon Feb 19 17:17:05 2024
    Malcolm,

    Anyone any suggestions?

    If you fancy doing some software engineering research,
    you could have a look at my book Evidence-based Software
    Engineering for ideas that might catch your interest.

    This book discusses what is currently known about software
    engineering, based on an analysis of all the publicly available data. pdf+code+all data freely available here
    http://knosof.co.uk/ESEUR/

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  • From Derek@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 19 18:26:53 2024
    Thiago,

    In my view abstractions many times works against these desirable features.

    What is need is £5 million to run some experiments https://shape-of-code.com/2022/03/20/study-of-developers-for-the-cost-of-a-phase-i-clinical-drug-trial/

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