Articles on management, technology and Agile

Cutting through the Hype

Category: Management, Technical
Published on April 25, 2007 by

I've just finished reading part 1 of an article, "Considering Ajax", by Chris Laffra from IBM and it made me consider what the role of engineering in business is outside of just development.

The underlying technology of AJAX has been around for a while, but what's interesting is the amount of buzz surrounding it now. The danger with this sort of buzz is both engineers and business people alike can get caught up in it and make decisions based on the hype, instead of what is the right solution to a clients problem.

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Give Graduates a Chance

Category: Management
Published on April 23, 2007 by

Ephox has a long history of association with graduates (we were founded by a graduate) and so a significant number of our engineers have been graduates. It has only been recently that we have hired experienced engineers (mostly at the senior level) and found it very difficult to get good candidates. As the engineering manager I'm of course interested in how we build up our resources and this is a troubling development as I try to grow the team.

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Hamstaaa!!

Category: Hamstaa!
Published on April 20, 2007 by

I couldn't have a blog and not post something about the Hamster especially as its the name of the blog.

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What’s it all about

Category: Hamstaa!
Published on April 20, 2007 by

Like most engineers I thought management was the "dark side" but was something that, as your career progressed, couldn't be avoided. After 13 years of development and technical consulting, I was offered the opportunity to see what it was like in management, while still requiring me to maintain my technical skills at an architectural level.

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