Agile and Scrum are quickly destroying the human species, I’ve even written a book about it. Here is how it is single-handedly destroying IT consulting firms. I’ve been at IT consulting for over 30 years now and watched as Agile rotted firms from the inside out. What destroyed them (and most IT projects) was the adoption of scrum. How I know Just being an IT consultant for over 30 years doesn’t give a person this … Scrum Destroys Consulting FirmsRead more
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So You Can’t Find Yocto People
I have been somewhat hounded since February, perhaps as late as March about a project that needs yocto skills. Like most embedded systems people who are professionals, I dabble in yocto when a project requires it. I don’t do “kernel mods” and I don’t write device drivers but I will work on recipes to change out device trees and add our custom software. Some of the newer tools from Toradex make yocto builds a bit … So You Can’t Find Yocto PeopleRead more
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Who Do You Trust?
Poking around this morning I stumbled into this post talking about what your email address says about you. The “Who do you trust?” question hits everyone with an email address, but technical recruiters most often. I love the survey results, even if they did only survey their own members. The graphic found later in the article made no sense given this graphic. I’m old enough to remember when Yahoo was the source of all spam. … Who Do You Trust?Read more
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The Bottom for Technical Recruiting Just Keeps Getting Lower
Ordinarily I wouldn’t drag something this specific onto my geek blog, but every time I try to reply to the pimps email it bounces. I had never heard of gandi.net. Given how well their email works I suspect they won’t be around for very long. Why do I need to have an unsubscribe link when I reply to email that came through their system? How does an automatic filter identify “poorly organized content” anyway? At … The Bottom for Technical Recruiting Just Keeps Getting LowerRead more
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Popups and Popovers are Physically Inexcusable Design Failures
You know, when I’m driving around, I listen to WBBM News Radio 78 quite a bit if I’m close enough to pull it in, this is especially true if I’m helping on the family farm as you kind of live by the weather during times of fieldwork. This is in rather stark contrast to my NPR listening the rest of the time. Typically WILL out of Champaign (AM 580) because WBEZ (91.5fm, 90.7fm, 91.1fm) airs … Popups and Popovers are Physically Inexcusable Design FailuresRead more