article thumbnail

Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

Feld Thoughts

She wants to send email, not learn a new UI; but worse, she doesn’t really know that learning a new UI is what she is expected to do. No longer is it sufficient to learn a programming language, its idiosyncrasies, its libraries, and its associated development tools. Continuous integration, continuous learning.

article thumbnail

Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

For the non-expert businessperson, this means advice about “what software to use&# but also guidance through the arcane arts of software development, including advice about programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, software architecture, revision control systems, and other hacker black magic.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

On deployment

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 On deployment My favorite question to ask a software development team is "how do you do a release." And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results.

article thumbnail

Why You Should Re-architect Your Career to Amplify Your Strengths

Software By Rob

Now Back to Software Let’s translate this to being a software developer / entrepreneur. MY EXAMPLE Let’s translate this to being a software developer / entrepreneur. February 3rd, 2010 | Becoming a Better Developer , Software Development Building your startup? Except it is not.

article thumbnail

8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

Software By Rob

9 Recession Proof Your Programming Skills - Nick Berardi’s Coder Journal on 04.16.09 Follow Me on Twitter @robwalling Subscribe via Email Receive very occasional emails when I publish a new article. .] #8 Kevin Godden on 02.11.09 at 11:31 am [.] and current so that employers find you a desirable hire.

article thumbnail

Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

So developers stuck in this world tend to think the other developers on their team are either, deep in their souls, plodding pedants or sloppy coders. Why do software developers think this is acceptable? Neither is true – they just have their incentives all messed up. June 22, 2009 10:07 AM Khris said.

article thumbnail

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. I recently met a junior software developer working for $200/week + room & board at a business geeks house. The business geek needed a working software prototype and the programmer needed experience. Email This BlogThis!