Would you fire a developer if he/she does not follow the coding conventions of the team?
Feb 14, 2008 Uncategorized
Tweet There is a very interesting discussion about how good or bad are code reviews in Martín Pérez’s Blog (sorry, in Spanish!). Most of us think that the biggest problem of coding convention is the ego of the developers. But here comes something very difficult to manage, specially when adopting code reviews for the first [...]
Tags: agile, management
Leaving AMPLIA and starting as a Freelance IT Consultant
Oct 29, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Last years have been a wonderful time in Amplía Soluciones S.L., but nothing is forever and I think it’s time for a change. I will continue as a partner of the company but I will look for new challenges and adventures out there. You can read my public linkedin profile if you want to [...]
Tags: architecture, business, designs, enterprise, java, jee, jobs, management
Why developers hate bug-fixing
Sep 10, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Probably the only common thing among all developers I have worked with is the hate to bug-fixing. No matter if bugs belong to them or not. As a developer and as a manager I have quite contradictory feelings. As a developer there was nothing more irritating than the hateful Bugzilla emails. When I was [...]
Tags: agile, architecture, enterprise, management, qa
What is slow? JRuby or Mingle?
Aug 27, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet I have been testing Mingle, the new tool from Thoughtworks to manage Agile developments. The application really looks promising, and have a lot of new features that I’m discovering, but it’s taking me more time than I expected because it’s slow, very slow. The guys from Thoughtworks claim they have built the first JRuby [...]
Tags: java, management, ruby
Sometimes to interview developers can be funny
Aug 19, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet I have interviewed a lot of developers, junior and senior staff and it has become like a routine. Technical workers are nice people, rude candidates are rare. Usually their (our) self-esteem make them (us) feel they need to show they (we) are over prepared for the job. The curriculum vitae are bloated with lots [...]
Tags: enterprise, fun, management
The 95 percent syndrome in Software Development
Aug 13, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Being a Project Manager, Architect, Analyst, Developer or anybody involved in the development of software, you have probably suffered the 95 percent syndrome.Imagine a software development project where things are going reasonably well: things are on schedule, Quality Assurance says things delivered are OK, the customer feel the progress, people are happy because they [...]
Tags: architecture, designs, enterprise, java, management
Preezo: another Microsoft Powerpoint killer
Aug 9, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Today I have discover Preezo, another web 2.0 presentations tool that looks like a killer for Microsof Powerpoint.The interface is mixture between Writely (sorry, Google Docs) and Microsoft Powerpoint. It’s surprisingly fast (faster than Google Docs) and you can build simple presentations very fast. If you are familiar with MS powerpoint then you can [...]
Tags: enterprise, management, web2.0
Managers: if you can’t code don’t apply for this job
Aug 6, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet I have read this post: ‘Architects: If you can’t code, don’t apply for senior dev jobs‘ and I can’t wait to share something happened to me not so long time ago. I was interviewed for a position of Chief of Development in a start up. I passed two interviews with Human Resources and I [...]
Tags: architecture, enterprise, management
The difference between an Excellent Programmer and a Natural Born Programmer
Jul 12, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Reading this blog about what he thinks a Natural Born Programmer is came to my mind a discussion about what is an excellent programmer and a natural born programmer.The example given (detect if a number is odd or even) should be enough to differentiate between a natural born programmers and the rest.But he is [...]
Tags: enterprise, hackers, management
Think twice before joining a startup
Jun 6, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet I recently discovered the site gobignetwork.com . It talks about how to run a startup company, how to raise funds, and more interesting information. It’s very US-centric, sometimes not valuable for a Spanish company (spain is different) like us.I found in his blog a post that explains very well What your startup company boss [...]
Tags: enterprise, management
