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1165
Computers
BUDGETING YOUR TIME
When you budget your time for a software job, figure one-third planning, one-sixth coding, one-fourth component and early system tests, and one-fourth final system tests.
Frederick P. Brooks Jr., The Mythical Man-Month
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1166
Writing
KNOWING WHEN TO START WRITING
You're ready to stop reviewing your research material and start writing on the day after your first strong urge to write.
Robert Kanigel, writer and editor, Baltimore, Maryland
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1167
Children
RAISING CHILDREN
The well-adjusted child may complain, but will accept fair punishment as due. If the child balks, there's a problem with the child or the punishment.
Cookie Ohlson, teacher, Prospect Park Middle School, Pennsylvania
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1168
Jobs
FINDING A JOB
It will take an executive who has been laid off more than four months to find a new job. But nine out of ten will find a job that is at least as good or better paying than their old job.
James Challenger, Challenger, Gray & Christmas
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1169
Eyes
WEARING CONTACT LENSES
It takes your eyes a number of weeks to adjust to wearing contact lenses. In most cases, it will take about one week for each year you have been wearing glasses.
Irene Fudge, lab technician
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1170
Flying
SOARING
When flying a sailplane on a cross-country flight, fly toward the next thermal showing as much sink as you did lift in the previous thermal.
Dick Schreder, glider pilot
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1171
Movies and Film
CHOOSING A MOVIE
If you've heard of the stars of a movie but you haven't heard about the movie itself, it's probably a stinker.
Bruce Reznick, associate professor of mathematics, Urbana, Illinois
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1172
Certain Places
ASKING DIRECTIONS IN NEW YORK CITY
When asking directions from a pedestrian in New York City, get another opinion before proceeding.
Martin M. Bruce Ph.D, psychologist, Larchmont, New York
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1173
Grooming
WEARING JEWELRY AND MAKE-UP
Teenage girls should lay out the jewelry they want to wear, then put away one-third of the items. For make-up, they should lay out everything they'd like to use, then put away all but two items.
Tim Hoff, 20th century bureaucrat, New Your, New York
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1174
Crime
STEALING FROM YOUR EMPLOYER
Never steal anything from your employer that has a market value of less than one year's salary. This includes stamps and pencils.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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1175
Finding Things
FINDING A MISSING PERSON
The elderly head for low ground. Suicides head for the highest elevation. Hunters wander uphill within a three-mile radius or downhill within a six-mile radius of where they were last seen.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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