I am an all purpose IT person. If there's a generic job title in IT, I've probably had it, most likely more than once. Programmer, systems administrator, DBA, PC tech/repair, Help Desk, webmaster, web designer, web developer, applications developer, network engineering. Somehow I have managed to get my thumb stuck in each one of those pies!
Geek movies have some great bad guys — there’s Darth Vader, HAL 9000, and The Terminator to name a few. Let us know which geek movie villain you like the most.
Kalido’s data governance product, the Kalido Information Engine, goes far beyond a basic data constraint to actively help businesses improve their data quality.
To deliver value, IT departments must keep a tight rein on how they use their budget – and that includes development efforts. Justin James cites some of the most common areas where IT throws its development bucks down the drain.
Some users may make unrealistic demands, but most of the time, they just want software that’s easy to use and that works the way it’s supposed to. Justin James itemizes several basic user expectations and ways to address them.
If you’ve ever been the victim of a trendy, totally ineffective management style, you know how silly and arbitrary those techniques can be. Justin James has seen his share of goofy management philosophies — so he decided to invent a few of his own.
Are you striving to be a Senior Developer, an Architect, a Business Analyst, or some other title? Let us know about your career aspirations by taking this poll.
According to Justin James, the big nail in AI’s coffin as a business objective was a lack of demand. He says that the one exception to this rule is video games.
Find out what Justin James really dislikes about programming, and then share your ideas about what direction the programming paradigm should take in the future.
Web queries offer a handy way to import data from selected tables into a worksheet–but Excel isn’t as accommodating as it should be, especially when it comes to parameters. These tricks will let you work around Excel’s limitations so that you can get the data you need.