A random collection of thoughts from an easily bored developer
The idea of trust within a software development team is an interesting one. Jeff Atwood argues that a lack of trust between management and the development team can lead to “micromanagement zombies” who mindlessly follow anything management tells them without contributing creatively. I believe that the issue is much more complex than this, as demonstrated [...]
There’s no denying that recruiters deliver a useful service to the IT consulting industry; without them we’d never be able to hire personnel with more than 2 or 3 degrees of separation from our current employees. However, the extended reach comes at a cost. The recruiters themselves are not IT consultants, and they also have [...]
Consultancy is a hard gig. Most companies walk a very fine line between body shopping and offering professional services. An organisation favouring body shopping usually hires consultants for a particular contract; with no long term view on how that employee could be best utilised to grow the company. The organisation often charges clients per hour, [...]