Beck downplays the argument that XP is an all-or-nothing approach. Still, he does note that the project leaders who report the most success with the methodology tend to be the ones who put aside the cultural obsession with rigid specs, an obsession inherited from less flexible fields such as civil and mechanical engineering, and approach XP’s design-on-the-fly philosophy wholeheartedly.
Beck downplays the argument that XP is an all-or-nothing approach. Still, he does note that the project leaders who report the most success with the methodology tend to be the ones who put aside the cultural obsession with rigid specs, an obsession inherited from less flexible fields such as civil and mechanical engineering, and approach XP’s design-on-the-fly philosophy wholeheartedly.
ContentEditable in Mozilla, need to get working in the wiki project. Be Blogging has an example/demo.
ContentEditable in Mozilla, need to get working in the wiki project. Be Blogging has an example/demo.
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
Denis Diderot
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
Denis Diderot
I don’t buy the so-called skills gap as the reason enterprises aren’t hiring IT workers. The skills are there, but enterprises are determined to squeeze more productivity out of current employees.
Currently in the job search, and having been in the search every couple of years, I have seen a couple of factors that create the “we need more IT prople” vs. “hey I’m IT hire me”.
First for many reasons the IT industry has developed a Mercenary mentality. Both employers and employees have little to no intrest in seeing each other’s long term success.
The second problem, employeers desiring skills so specific, thus requiring no training. I see the real skills of a quality IT worker being ignored, adaptability. Knowing a specific language, application, operation system may get one through today but adaptability will get the employerer through all the changes of the industry.
I don’t buy the so-called skills gap as the reason enterprises aren’t hiring IT workers. The skills are there, but enterprises are determined to squeeze more productivity out of current employees.
Currently in the job search, and having been in the search every couple of years, I have seen a couple of factors that create the “we need more IT prople” vs. “hey I’m IT hire me”.
First for many reasons the IT industry has developed a Mercenary mentality. Both employers and employees have little to no intrest in seeing each other’s long term success.
The second problem, employeers desiring skills so specific, thus requiring no training. I see the real skills of a quality IT worker being ignored, adaptability. Knowing a specific language, application, operation system may get one through today but adaptability will get the employerer through all the changes of the industry.
