Many software developers fail to reach their productivity not due to lack of technical ability but for lack of mental organization and discipline. It is extremely helpful to always hold in one’s mind the answer to the question: “What exactly am I trying to achieve at this particular moment?” It …
Have you ever wondered where the perception that technology and software development are a masculine pursuit comes from? Or why we have to explain that, “no really, women are interested in computers too”? At the beginning of the modern technological era, to be a computer was to be an actual …
When was the last time you took a day off as a software developer? Are you going to the office every weekday? How often do you work with people? All these questions usually show one thing – we all have stress that comes from our software development job. Famous Work-Life …
Stress and stress-induced depression hit many software developers, and yet it is still a taboo. “I am stressed” has become something we hear every day, and it has almost become prestigious to say so; it shows that we are busy, important people. On the other hand, it is a bit …
It is not surprising that designers and software developers tend to be separate teams. Designers are all about creativity and art; software developers are about logic and effectiveness. Yet what we don’t realize is that both of them have one trait in common: to solve problems.
From the four statements that the Agile Manifesto gave us, we often succeed in the last three. We often manage to make software that works, we try to listen to our customers, and we even sacrifice personal time to respond to change in a timely manner. But what about individuals …
