I am mentoring a college kid who wants to be a programmer. I am detail-oriented; he does the bare minimum required to get the job done, but he gets things done. Am I right to push him toward thinking about doing project management rather than hands-dirty techie-developer type stuff? Or is he just lazy and needing to be schooled? [more inside]
posted by circular on Feb 23, 2010 - 28 answers

What's your favorite agile project management tool? [more inside]
posted by bshort on Dec 1, 2009 - 9 answers

How can I meet another passionate person to help me with a project? [more inside]
posted by Jonsnews on Nov 19, 2008 - 5 answers

Recommendations for programmable web based collaboration software for team in multiple cities (such as basecamp or google docs) [more inside]
posted by london302 on Aug 28, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm about to receive a large chunk of code for a nearly code complete web app from several consultants and have been tasked with assuming the knowledge transfer. What questions do I ask? [more inside]
posted by furtive on Jun 27, 2007 - 4 answers

I've got a coding project, which will make me a bazillion dollars if I can pull it off. But I'm having trouble starting it, partially because I'm not a well-trained programmer, and partially becuase I'm unsure of whether to seek help. [more inside]
posted by metaculpa on Jul 16, 2005 - 22 answers