The last two weeks, actual work has conspired to keep me away from the blog. How rude. I miss "the beach" already.
It seems only fair to summarise the lessons I have learnt whilst masquerading as an architect on a short consulting stint with Marc McNeill. Simon Brown at Coding the Architecture is much better at talking about this stuff than I am, but I need to update the blog with something!
…in fact, it’s actually a good thing.
Nine Things Developer Want More Than Money Read if you’re a developer and wondering what’s missing from your job. Read if you’re a manager and you’re looking to recruit the right types of developers. In particular be honest with yourself over whether your organisation is more aligned to "hygiene" or "motivation". At least one of … Read more
What are our thoughts on putting all the letters after your name in a CV/resume? Pretentious? Or the only reasonable time to use all those letters?
I know there are arguments against certification, and I definitely think that using certifiction to determine whether to interview or recruit people is downright daft, because frankly learning a bunch of answers isn't all that difficult. But I personally find that completing a certification really helps to round out my knowledge in an area. I guess my thoughts are that a fairly recent certification combined with the work experience to back it up is something that would make your CV more interesting to recruiters.
(Updated 15 Dec 2020 with correct completed status!) Investigate Maven 2 for builds Have a glance at TestNG unit testing (completed 2013) Potentially play with JMock for current testing framework (completed ~2009) Play with GWT. (completed 2009-2013) Sign up for Pragmatic Architect event Check out JavaBlackBelt site – what is provided, and what are the … Read more
Things I took out of QCon: I want to play with Ajax. Maybe I’ve "grown out" of front end development but that doesn’t prevent it from being (potentially) extremely cool Selenium looks like a good place to start for automated website testing It can take up to 7 years to move away from a legacy … Read more