March 2009
3 posts
Choosing Measurement and Leverage
I’ve spent almost my entire software development career in Chicago. I say “almost” because the seeds of my career were planted during the years before and after college when I lived in Seattle. It was in Seattle in 1999 that I taught myself HTML to get a side-gig at About.com. It was near Seattle in the 1980’s that I watched Microsoft work its way from a little building...
Craftsman Swap
In April 2009, 8th Light and Obtiva will each send a senior developer to the other company for a week. Neither will be charging their existing clients for the developers’ time. The presence of the developer will mean exposing client lists, proprietary projects, and the endless details of running a small business to a competitor. 8th Light and Obtiva are both located in the Chicago area...
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Responding to "Craftsmanship, Quality, Dogma, and...
We had the pleasure of hosting Corey Haines during the week of February 23rd when Steve Smith posted some of his thoughts on Software Craftsmanship. I got to talk with Corey about his reaction, which spurred me to read Steve’s post.
I didn’t have as strong of a reaction to Steve’s thoughts as Corey did, but I did comment on Steve’s followup to Corey’s post. A few...