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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. Focusing on the metrics that ultimately drive the business, often the bottom line, has provided a reality check, a counter-weight to the desire to consume all new technologies.

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Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do?

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The head of development spends his or her time working to keep the development team on track against a set of product plans. Inside the development organization, this Director attends to staffing, training, workload and productivity metrics, budget, and scheduling. On the Use, and Misuse, of Software Test Metrics.

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5 Infrastructure Tips for Startups

blog.adaptiveblue.com

Tracking results is useful for metrics, which, in turn, help measure growth and success of the company. Even a seemingly simple task of writing a system script might not be the best use of development time. System programming is very different from application development and is not straightforward.

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

blog.expensify.com

But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet. Microsoft has always produced the best tools for building internal business applications, and.NET is their masterpiece. The Foolish.

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