October 27, 2010 - ElegantCode

27 Oct

2010

Moving to Greener Pastures

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:General PostTag: New Post:7 Comments

I’m very thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining QFrame starting from February next year. I’ll be working there as a .NET architect/consultant focused on exploring technologies, guiding design and architecture, coaching and spending a lot of time diving into code. In short, I got hired for just being myself ;-). I’m very much looking […]

27 Oct

2010

Laborers versus Professionals

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: Craftsmanship:5 Comments

A while ago, my good friend Michel Grootjans tweeted the following: Are developers (a) laborers or (b) professionals? If (a) don’t expect them to think. If (b) don’t expect them to execute without question. Personally, these few sentences struck a nerve or two. Read it a couple of times and think about this statement for a […]