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Life would be simpler if I had the source code
Category: Business
As a lowly sellsword amongst the ensemble cast that make up the incestuous York/Leeds IT scene, I am not usually one to be influenced by…
Are you plagued by bad code smells? Troubled by slow-running database queries and ETL routines? In need of some scalable and maintainable enterprise integration solutions?…
This blog post comes to you live from a Starbucks in the north of England. Yesterday I wrapped up another eight months’ stint contracting at…
Well, for the record, I passed MS exam 70-553 yesterday on my second attempt, which makes me a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer – Enterprise Application…
I promised you some photos of my new office a while back, didn’t I? OK, here you go… The Desk The Computer One of These…
I’m coming round to the realization that my hugely enjoyable first contract at Ventura last summer might have been something of an anomaly. That project…
My current primary client has an annoying habit of closing for random days and half-days, including last Thursday afternoon. I decided to try to make…
I started my career in professional software development a decade or so ago by testing and fixing banking code that had fallen victim to the…
On my continuing journey through this thrilling world of professional software development, I frequently encounter teams who hold no truck with this crazy new-fangled concept…