Shame on you, HP! You copied IBM! Lawsuit klaxon: HP, HPE accused of coordinated plan to oust older staff in favor of cheaper, compliant youngsters IBM isn’t the only IT giant said to be unfairly binning elders https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/22/hp_hpe_accused_of_coordinated/ © 2020 The Register Hhm, cheaper, […]
Tag: Life
Programme stricken?
Programmierte Ungleichheit Die „gender pay gap“ bezeichnet die ungleiche Bezahlung von Männern und Frauen im gleichen Beruf. Während alte Rollenbilder zumindest teilweise verschwinden, könnte die Digitalisierung die Schere stärker auseinandertreiben. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/programmierte-ungleichheit-frauen-in-der-it-branche-16361961.html © Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH 2001 – 2019. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Ist schon […]
The problem with programming
Jonathan Edwards thinks he knows what the problem with programming is and what can be done about this problem. The problem with programming and how to fix it https://alarmingdevelopment.org/?p=1173 I think industrial software development will always be a problem. You might want to read […]
For the code monkeys
Good advice from Natalya Maksimenko to avoid the rat race in the software industry. https://mkdev.me/en/posts/5-recommendations-on-how-to-maintain-the-code-quality-and-keep-your-self-development-when-nobody-cares I never managed to follow this advice.
Software Complexity Is Killing Us
I like this article by Justin Etheredge. However, I doubt that the software industry will ever change. Let’s face it, industrial software development is just like that. https://www.simplethread.com/software-complexity-killing-us/ I think that one of the problems is that most product owners or product managers want to […]
Stop encouraging girls to code for a living
Interesting article by Noemi Titarenco. http://www.noemi.ro/stop-encouraging-girls-to-code-for-a-living/ Why should girls do the Blue-Collar Job Coding when they could do something else?
Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older Workers — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-ads-age-discrimination-targeting Hhm. After reading this article, I still don’t know if, for tech companies, I’m dead at 40 or 50. Oh my.
Silicon Valley Techies Still Think They’re the Good Guys. They’re Not. | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/the-other-tech-bubble/ Winds of change…
I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore
https://medium.com/@melissamcewen/i-just-dont-want-to-be-a-software-developer-anymore-a371422069a1 No, not every programming job is cool and high-paying. Just recruiters telling tales.
Tech Industry: “We desperately need more developers”
Tech Industry: “We desperately need more developers!” Newish Dev: “I’m here.” Tech Industry: “Only experienced devs please! We expect more experienced devs to appear out of the aether! We can’t help up-skill newer devs on our dime!… But we desperately need more developers!” — […]
Recruiting Fails
Why software engineers don’t get jobs: Three (+1) horror stories https://coderfit.com/why-software-engineers-dont-get-jobs-three-horror-stories/ Nice article about how recruiting fails sometimes.
Programmier-Sucht
https://entwickler.de/online/development/programmieren-aufhoeren-579819518.html Wahre Worte…
Survey: Tech workers are terrified they will be sacked for being too old
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/19/tech_workers_terrified_theyll_age_out/ Well, this just reflects our society’s desire for youth and fear of aging.
Autonomous Programming
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/11/github_ceo_autonomous_programming/ There go all the new programmers jobs they promised…