The May/June 2020 issue of IEEE Software has Darja Šmite and colleagues writing about the problem of staff turnover in software development projects, particularly when… Read More »Staff turnover vs career portfolios
By about now, I was supposed to have identified a software project that I might work on. Having thought on and off about joining some… Read More »A software project of sorts
In my entry reviewing Dave Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs, I noted that Graeber suggests that at least some software developers are in the perverse position of… Read More »On open source software as a job-seeking tool
People who fear losing their livelihoods due to automation, off-shoring or other economic changes receive plenty of advice from politicians and futurists about the need… Read More »What if I couldn’t be a software engineer?
Having read David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs, one might wonder: could I have a bullshit job? My particular job aside, Graeber specifically mentions the computer industry… Read More »How much of the computer industry is bullshit?