Course code: GE-3

Years with company: 5

Years programming: 30

Primary programming language: C

Other programming languages: C++, Java, asm

Unit test harnesses: None

Something else: I play the drums.

Test practice now: Debugger. Some test code that runs on the target and typically gets discarded once everything passes.

Target system: Dual core, Cortex M4 micro controller. 128K RAM, 1M of flash. NEC V850 micro. 8K RAM, 256K flash.

Dev tools: IAR compiler, Visual SlickEdit.

Build time: 1-5 minutes

Coding standard: Presently non-existent. No tools to enforce one in place. Working on adopting one published by Michael Barr

Function too long: If I can't see both of the outer-most braces that scope the function without scrolling up/down.

Code reviews: Weak. Review diffs between old and new with a couple of programmers.

Code time: 30

Test time: 30

Debug time: 40

Favorite thing about dev: Design & Debug. Coming up with clean, elegant solutions that are scalable (even though doing that is really, really hard).

Least favorite thing about dev: Trying to schedule its development time.

Tdd knowledge: I have read 1/2 of the book. I've also seen a couple of real-world examples of it being used at GE & Renesas which gives me faith that it really works. But I am really looking forward to experiencing it myself.

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