'Software Developer' Tag Index

Developers: Are You A Giver Or Taker?
By Eric Spiegel | Article Published April 22, 2013
Among software development teams, the personal dynamics of the various coders is critical to efficiency.
Tags: programmers, developers, software developer

Are Odd Developers Just Misunderstood?
By Eric Spiegel | Article Published October 17, 2011
Plenty of software developers have a reputation as being, well, unique characters. But it pays to look beneath the surface.
Tags: programmers, developers, software developer

Are You a Software Developer -- or a Leader?
By Eric Spiegel | Article Published September 19, 2011
Managing a software development team is about more than technical expertise.
Tags: developer, programmers, IT management, software developer, programmer salary

Is Software Development a Young Person's Game?
By Eric Spiegel | Article Published May 16, 2010
Both younger and more experienced developers feel that they have an advantage over the other group. Which one is right?
Tags: developer, programmers, developers, developer salary, software developer

Top Five Causes of Poor Software Quality
By Bill Curtis | Article Published July 01, 2009
When developers are forced to sacrifice sound software development practices to ridiculous schedules the results are rarely good.
Tags: security, programming, software, management, software developer

A Software Programmer's Christmas Poem
By Sara Chipps | Article Published December 11, 2008
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a widget would function, not even a mouse…
Tags: open source, software, Vista, Mac, software developer

My Three Worst Experiences in Software Development
By Eric Spiegel | Article Published December 10, 2008
Over the course of twenty years as a developer, the low points were pretty low indeed. What’s your worst experience as a developer?
Tags: data, software, management, IT, software developer

Bjarne Stroustrup on Educating Software Developers
By James Maguire | Article Published December 09, 2008
The noted developer, a professor at Texas A&M, talks about the problems and challenges in university computer science programs, including the controversy over Java, perceptions of offshoring, and efforts to upgrade CS studies.
Tags: programming, software developer, programming language

Debugging and The Five Stages of Grief
By Kevin Pang | Article Published September 15, 2008
Software development has a similar emotional process to many of life’s biggest challenges.
Tags: developer, programming, support, IT, software developer

The Invasion of the Female Programmers (You Might Have to Work with One)
By Sara Chipps | Article Published June 25, 2008
A female software developer discusses the unique challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field.
Tags: developer, programming, software, software developer, female software