Category: Professional Development

Failure

Failure is an opportunity to find an alternate way of finding success. Dig deep, learn from the events and change. Through change, you can overcome failure. Change brings failure or success; it is a 50% wager. Evolve, learn and morph

Posted in evaluation, How To, Ideas, Leadership, Listening, Personal Thoughts, Professional Development, Success

What Languages do I Use

I was recently asked what I use to develop software and websites. I mostly use DotNet Technologies as it is often interchangeable between websites, web applications and desktop applications. I can often use the same data access classes and business

Posted in Better Coding, C#, Cobol, entrepreneurship, evaluation, Ideas, IT, Personal Learning and Growth, Personal Thoughts, Professional Development, Technology, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Web, Web Service

What is Trending – Are you listening

Do you know what is trending today?   Do you know what is new?  Do you care? As developers we live in a crazy world where technologies and ideas fly at the speed of light.  If you are not paying

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How a Senior can Help a Junior Developer

Senior developers have a responsibility to help those who are new to the profession.   We are the one group of people that the junior developer can turn to after college.  Essentially the college gave the new developer 2 years

Posted in Developer, Junior, Mentor, Professional Development, self-improvement, Senior

Do Not Get Boxed

As a developer, it is important to look around and experience new things, as it helps you to stay sharp and marketable. This doesn’t mean that you need to quit your job.  Just do not get boxed in as single

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Eleven Items That Makes a Developer Great

Here are a few items that makes a software / web developer great: Updated to twelve items thanks to some input. Knowing they are not perfect Listens to business needs Always evolving by striving to do better Never hides a

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How to deal with a non-technical boss

We have all had bosses at one time or another that we had to deal with who was not technical in nature.  Often we find it frustrating because we do not speak the same language and we do not know

Posted in Bosses, Professional Development, Technology