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03/04/200928/12/2014 on agile, appearance, command and control, competence, plan-driven, process control, skill, skills

The curious case of buttoned-up Benjamin

Benjamin works in a consulting company where there was no dress-code unless the client would have a dress-code. Since most consultants were testers and coders (and you know how we dress) the clients understood not to demand a formal dress code. Then Benjamin’s company changed his boss. The new boss required and insisted on everyone …

29/11/200828/12/2014 on professionalism, quality, skill, software, software industry

The Skill issue, the industry shame

I was reading Jason’s blog when I came across this post. I could not agree more. Way too many times I bump into problems that can be traced directly to the idea that you can hire just anyone, with any skill level and they will perform to the expected level of professionalism. This is pure …

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