Sara Chipps

Sara Chipps is a software programmer specializing in ASP.NET/C#/SQL. If you’ve read my blog, or any of my writings, you’d probably not accuse me of being a wallflower. I’m a bit forward and you could even say I’m a little crass. However, please don’t assume I don’t understand the plight of your average nerd. I […]

Sara Chipps is a software programmer specializing in ASP.NET/C#/SQL. Some of you will remember my rant about open source, and how I couldn’t find time to do it and didn’t know how anyone could. That post caused a big backlash, lots of people wanted to know how I could say that without ever trying it. […]

Sara Chipps is a software programmer specializing in ASP.NET/C#/SQL. The other day I was reading Jeff Atwood’s blog post discussing why OO.o couldn’t attract people to their open source initiative. He made some great points about it being OO’s job to attract the developers to them by offering a worry-free coding environment and catering to […]

Sara Chipps is a software programmer specializing in ASP.NET/C#/SQL. My friend Lisa has a prejudice against those lip glosses that come in a little jar. The kind you dip your finger in and rub on your lips? She calls them little petri dishes, with all the bacteria and germs from your fingers just living in […]

For months now we’ve all been inundated with TV specials and articles online about the tough economy. As a contractor, I’ve experienced first hand what it’s like to crunch a budget. Development, as a whole, is not a cheap career. The tools that we require, even just to get started, can run into the tens […]

Last week I got the news that my job was going to be converted to a consultancy and I would be given part time hours. It was rough news, but I’ll live. Being a developer has provided me with enough padding that if I go a few months only working part time I’ll be okay. […]

Sara Chipps is a software programmer specializing in ASP.NET/C#/SQL. Her blog is GirlDeveloper. This is her ode to the holiday season: Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a widget would function not even a mouse You would say “restart” but you don’t think they’d care because they know it’s the […]

Dubugging is either the best or worst part of being a developer, depending on your style. Myself, I can deal with the tiny bugs, but when the doozies come around I am easily frustrated. This has been especially hard lately because I’m a lone developer now on my current project, and I don’t have colleagues […]

I don’t know that five years ago I would have anticipated quite how far my career as a developer would come in such a short time. Like anything in life we appreciate both hills and valleys along the way. While most of the time it’s been a lot of fun, there were certainly some embarrassments […]

Lately there have been a lot of articles sent to me about “geekettes,” the new wave of “normal” (read: cute) girls entering the IT workforce. I attribute this trend to a few things. First, geeks are the new cool kids. Your mom was right: as we get older the people with good work ethic, who […]