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Why Everyone Wants To Be Agile

YoungUpstarts

You may have also noticed that agile methodology — which was once thought to be only for software developers — is now being used just about everywhere, from construction to marketing, human resources, manufacturing, and even wedding planning. Why it Can Work Outside of Software Development.

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Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Long Live the King.

Software By Rob

The memories I have of Joel on Software , especially from 2001-2004, run deep. These were my formative years as a developer, and Joel published some of his best work during this time. As if every article re-shaped my thinking about the software development process. Surely you’ve heard the news by now.

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My Report on StackOverflow DevDays

Software By Rob

The 7 hours of driving (round-trip) was tough to justify simply for tech content, but the bonus of the day was connecting with several developers including a guy I worked with in 2001, a developer of a former client, someone I had never met, and of course, Mr. Atwood.

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8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

Software By Rob

Back in 2001 I worked with a consultant who was a developer when times were really good, and a trainer when times were really bad. Because they are venture capital funded so they don’t depend on sales profit to sustain them. Become a Trainer It’s generally accepted that recessions boost college enrollment.

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How Falling In Love With My Product Killed My Business

Software By Rob

Software development wasn’t giving me the satisfaction I craved from working, and I had recently been part of a startup that was now a smoking crater after the Dot Com crash. At the time (2001), digital cameras were very much maligned by “real photographers&# , and certainly by the general public.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. million products as of June, and this year expects to do $140 million in sales. Software Development Engineer, Senior-IEB-Commercial Services (795929) Job -. Sales Jobs |. CyberCoders.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. I also know numerous other programming languages and have worked with many software development platforms over the last 25 years. Look what happened to Gawker. March 25, 2011 at 3:23 pm.

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