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A Few Things Every Job-Seeking Programmer Should Know About Project Management (part 2)

Thursday, September 23, 2010

I’ve met a lot of programmers who really hate project management. And it’s not that surprising, because project management done poorly can be a pain. But if you’re a developer looking for a job, employers are more and more likely to expect you to know something about project management. Luckily, good project management can make [...]

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A Few Things Every Job-Seeking Programmer Should Know About Project Management (part 1)

Monday, August 30, 2010

I’ve met a lot of programmers who really hate project management. And it’s not that surprising, because project management done poorly can be unnecessarily restrictive. But if you’re a developer looking for a job, employers are more and more likely to expect you to know something about project management. Luckily, good project management can make your life easier, and it’s worth knowing about it – not just for job interviews, but to help you get the most out of your own projects. Here are a few basic things that I think every developer ought to know about project management, and why I think you should care about them.

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Special Event: O’Reilly Book Club for Geeks

Monday, August 9, 2010

I’ve got an announcement about a really exciting event. From August 18 to 24, I’ll be leading a discussion in this forum for the a special O’Reilly Community event on the Head First C# forum. Please join me there! Bring any questions you’ve got about C#, becoming a better developer, running your projects, managing your [...]

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Our obsessive project tracking problem

Saturday, July 31, 2010

As a group, we developers have a project tracking problem: the problem is that we constantly, almost obsessively want to track our projects, and it’s made worse by the fact that it’s so easy to abuse otherwise great tools like JIRA and Bugzilla. Unfortunately, while tracking projects may feel useful and productive, for most teams it’s just busywork – and it can lead to a self-imposed exercise in needless bureaucracy that just wastes our time. But with a few ground rules, you can escape the project tracking trap and use a tracking tool effectively.

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Announcing Head First C#, 2nd edition

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Jenny and I are really proud to announce that the second edition of our bestselling C# learning book, Head First C#, went to press! We worked really hard on it, and we’re very happy with how it came out. Are you looking for the easiest way to become a great C# programmer? If want to [...]

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