This evening I start reading the book Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit for Software Development Managers and I learn about a the management philosophy of Lean manufacturing focused on the reduction of the wastes. When I got this book I only knew about the word lean but I didn’t know that the Lean software development is a translation of lean manufacturing principles and practices to the software development domain.
Interesting…
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I was talking with Piero about moving from Ireland to Canada and he sent me this link: Developer skills outlook 2007.
“Programming is very much a communications skill in some ways, it’s the skill of being able to craft and construct a simple piece of code to solve a complicated problem. Good programmers are also able to explain things well to other people.”
I experience every day that communication is a crucial point for a team.
“I’ve been hiring people since the mid-90s, and it doesn’t change over time: it’s always hard to hire good people. Skilled people are always in demand, and they’re always hard to get. There’s just a bit more chaff that gets in the way at the moment.”
How companies can get real developers if who decides the candidates for the first interview simply checks if a bunch of keywords match the cv?
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