Reading blogs on the Internet is a good way to keep updated on what happens in the industry and to get short introductions to specific topics. When it comes to deeper, elaborated analysis however, there is nothing as a good book. The single book that has meant the most to me within coding is the… Continue reading How GoF Brought my Understanding of Object Orientation to Another Level
Category: Software Development
What Operations Think of Development
Development and Operations are both critical to IS/IT usage in an organization, but operations often look at development as something alien – from another planet (and developers have the same view on operations). Having worked in both development and operations I often claim that development doesn’t know operations and operations doesn’t know development. Let’s have… Continue reading What Operations Think of Development
What Developers Think Of Operations
Development and Operations are both critical to IS/IT usage in an organization, but developers often look at operations as something alien – from another planet (and operations have the same view on developers). Having worked in both development and operations I often claim that development doesn’t know operations and operations doesn’t know development. Let’s have… Continue reading What Developers Think Of Operations
Everything is the Top Number One Priority
Setting priorities is hard. When a customer is asked to number 10 items with priority 1-10 it often ends up with one 10, two 5s and seven number 1. That usually means that there is one item that isn’t worth doing at all (the number 10), two items that are nice-to-have (the number 5s) and… Continue reading Everything is the Top Number One Priority
7 Programmer Recruiting Mistakes
We’ve all met them. The programmers that can’t program. They can hardly write anything that compiles on their own. Producing quality quality code is way above their skills. Somehow they still get hired. Trying to find out why, I’ve listed 7 common mistakes made during recruiting. The Seven Mistakes Focusing on years of experience. Trust… Continue reading 7 Programmer Recruiting Mistakes