I have been passionately blogging for the past several years in hopes of sharing my thoughts, rants and screeds with others under the guise from incite comes insight. The name of my blog was derived from an individual whom is now a partner at Deloitte...

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I frequently get asked why do IT recruiters consistently look for candidates with three years of experience in a certain technology when the technology has only been in existence for one year. Figured I would share insights into the challenges of...

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Being a developer in a large corporation is challenging and sometimes their approach is even more challenging to enterprise architects... In most enterprises, there is rarely if any training afforded to the developer community even when the company has a.

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IT is somewhat unique in its beliefs where developers can report to someone who has never written a line of code. Imagine how society would function if police officers had to report to a police chief who didn't know how to fire a gun... Being an...

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I find it fascinating how vendors continually make the wrong mistakes in selecting which industry analyst firms to work with and figured I would share some perspectives not written about elsewhere... Let's face it, while industry analysts believe...

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