research and development
You love Python. You really really do. After 25,000 page views, thousands of votes and a year of arguing, here are the results to-date.
RIM Co-CEO Lazaridis stresses Bandwidth, Capacity, Performance, and Battery Life in presentation to developers as the company sets a tentative launch date and guidelines for its online application marketplace.
Craig Fitzpatrick, Founder and CEO of Devshop gives a 50 minute talk on how to kick the bad habits of project management.
Results from the 2007-2008 Research and Development salary survey with online charts, graphs and interactivity. Includes data for software engineers, testing and quality assurance professionals and technical writers, with an emphasis on three regional technology clusters in Southern Ontario.
The founders of three successful technology companies shoot from the hip about how Agile affects software development, and discuss both its potential and immediate influence on other business practices.
Does your resume say you're the hero or the sidekick? Red Canary asks recruiters and managers what a great resume looks like
Armed with multiple degrees, development experience that reaches back to the Apple II, and a beard that would make Methuselah jealous, Mark Maxted knows his stuff. Red Canary talks to Mark about writing software for hardware, and why Edmonton is no place to be in February.
This post was borrowed from Coaching Programmers, an excellent blog by Bruce Taylor (author of Working with Programmers) that sadly hasn’t been updated recently. "Imagine Rambo in Birkenstock sandals and you’ll have a good image of the hero programmer."
A frequent Red Canary contributor, Craig Fitzpatrick is the CEO of Devshop. This entry was borrowed from his blog, Uncommon Sense (for Software).
Programmers don’t think of “career paths” in the same way managers do. If you ask a programmer about her career path she will look confused and give you a vague, ambiguous answer. This post was borrowed from Coaching Programmers, an excellent blog by Bruce Taylor (author of Working with Programmers) that sadly hasn’t been updated recently.
A veteran software tester takes a comprehensive look at the intricacies and ambiguities of evaluating testers, and shares his thoughts on testing approaches, certifications, hiring challenges and much more. (available as PDF).
Three tech veterans discuss the strengths, weaknesses and approaches of the Agile framework in a Q&A round table.
Tired of building other people’s ideas? Ready to trade routine for challenge and reward? A very early stage company is in search of a mastermind who can lead their software engineering effort.
Bruce Taylor talks to developers about recognizing the signs of job burnout or dissatisfaction, and how to make a good decision about leaving.
After a year of voting and over 25,000 page views, here are the top languages of 2013.
How many 'average' developers is one 'great' developer worth? Steve Jobs says 50-to-1, others say 1000-to-1, some say none-to-1. Just how valuable are the best devs and engineers when it comes to building a product?
"We really don't have to explain our value proposition to customers anymore. Our potential market is every software company in the world."
Given its accomplishments, you’d think Engineers Without Borders would have been born on a laptop, or at worst a binder. Instead, it came into being on a napkin—as two University of Waterloo graduates scrawled their dreams of bringing engineers together to fight poverty. The humble and stunning success story of EWB Canada, and what software professionals can do.
Red Canary looks at the approaches to empowering research, business incubation and commercialization services for tech entrepreneurs in three Ontario cities.
Craig Fitzpatrick, CEO of Devshop, warns new companies about the danger of the seductive "big deal."