Why Software Developers Have To Understand the Business & The Product

Yesterday, we talked about the First Tenet of Software Development and some people didn’t like it. They thought it was too simple. Let’s see what you think about the… Second Tenet of Software Development Everything the program is supposed to do must be known by the software developer. Just as the designer of the board… Continue reading Why Software Developers Have To Understand the Business & The Product

What Is a NextLevel Software Developer?

Excerpt from my upcoming book, The NextLevel Software Developer. What Do Software Developers Really Do? Just Write Code? I’ve worked in IT for thirty years, twenty-two of them as a Software Developer. I’ve noticed that most beginning Software Developers (and many experienced ones) think their job is to produce code. However, in reality, one of… Continue reading What Is a NextLevel Software Developer?

Maniacal Management: Expecting Employee Engagement While Doing Nothing

Yes, this is a rebuttal to Quiet Quitting. And, yes, I’m attempting to make up a term that pushes the idea of Quiet Quitting off the employee and back onto Management. Maniacal Management Defined I typed “maniacal definition” into DuckDuckGo and got the following returned by wordnik: I was amazed how applicable the term is… Continue reading Maniacal Management: Expecting Employee Engagement While Doing Nothing

Reading Books To Learn Tech

Reading Tech Books In Public For my first entry starting out this blog & my entire idea, I’d like to talk about making everything public.   I want to show you that even Software Developers (like me) who’ve been professionals for 30 years still stumble. I have 30 Years of IT (Information Technology) experience which includes… Continue reading Reading Books To Learn Tech

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