Have you checked out Audible? There are plenty of options. I prefer biographies and self-help books. I recently listened to "Getting Things Done" by David Allen and "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.
Internet advertising startup looking primarily for server-side Java developers (if your Java is rusty but you're good, drop us a note anyway). I was working for a start-up called LucidMedia Networks (hence the "lmn" in the e-mail address below), which got acquired by Videology. The Baltimore office is a .NET shop, but the Reston office is Java on *nix (Mac for dev, Linux in production, and no plans to use Microsoft anything for development). Our stack is Java on Spring with MySQL and some NoSQL stores on AWS. We have some big projects in the works involving big data and volume as we scale globally and across mediums (video, mobile, etc.). Currently, our Reston platform alone handles 4 billion requests a day.
Contact me directly at sahil_lmn@yahoo.com.
I actually got hired through a HN "Who is Hiring" thread, and I hired an intern through these threads. These things do work!
What motivates me is that I USUALLY don't have to deal with that stuff anymore. I generally deal with other (private sector) clients lately, and one project that is Federal I'm working has such a hard-to-solve problem with such a big payoff that it keeps me motivated.
Internet advertising startup looking primarily for server-side Java developers (if your Java is rusty but you're good,
drop us a note anyway). I was working for a start-up called LucidMedia Networks (hence the "lmn" in the e-mail address below), which got acquired by Videology. The Baltimore office is a .NET shop, but the Reston office is Java on *nix (Mac for dev, Linux in production, and no plans to use Microsoft anything for development). Our stack is Java on Spring with MySQL and some NoSQL stores on AWS. We have some big projects in the works involving big data and volume as we scale globally and across mediums (video, mobile, etc.). Currently, our Reston platform alone handles 4 billion requests a day.
Contact me directly at sahil_lmn@yahoo.com.
I actually got hired through a HN "Who is Hiring" thread, and I hired an intern through these threads. These things do work!
Our office is walking distance from a metro-rail station on the Silver Line, opening for service in a few months.
Internet advertising startup looking primarily for server-side Java developers (if your Java is rusty but you're good, drop us a note anyway) to work in either of our offices in the locations above. I was working for a start-up called LucidMedia Networks (hence the "lmn" in the e-mail address below), which got acquired by Videology. The Baltimore office is a .NET shop, but the Reston office is Java on *nix (Mac for dev, Linux in production, and no plans to use Microsoft anything for development). Our stack is Java on Spring with MySQL and some NoSQL stores on AWS. We have some big projects in the works involving big data and volume as we scale globally and across mediums (video, mobile, etc.). Currently, our Reston platform alone handles 4 billion requests a day.
Contact me directly at sahil_lmn@yahoo.com.
I actually got hired through a HN "Who is Hiring" thread, and I hired an intern through these threads. These things do work!
I worked for a start-up that was a Java shop. A .NET shop acquired it. Our new big projects are moving away from .NET and to Java on Linux to avoid the Microsoft licensing costs. We use hundreds of AWS instances, and the extra cost of Windows instances adds up.
Personally, I prefer not using Windows simply because I love using the *nix shell, and I don't see the point in using something like Cygwin when I don't need the MS stack. However, Outlook on MS365 is quite good.
Internet advertising startup looking primarily for server-side Java developers (if your Java is rusty but you're good, drop us a note anyway). I was working for a start-up called LucidMedia Networks (hence the "lmn" in the e-mail address below), which got acquired by Videology. The Baltimore office is a .NET shop, but the Reston office is Java on *nix (Mac for dev, Linux in production, and no plans to use Microsoft anything for development). Our stack is Java on Spring with MySQL and some NoSQL stores on AWS. We have some big projects in the works involving big data and volume as we scale globally and across mediums (video, mobile, etc.). Currently, our Reston platform alone handles 4 billion requests a day.
Contact me directly at sahil_lmn@yahoo.com.
I actually got hired through a HN "Who is Hiring" thread, and I hired an intern through these threads. These things do work!
More open process could encourage adoption, ultimately improving IT project management across the industry. Organizations that have no experience with PMBOK or ITIL may not bother with it due to the expense and closed nature.
As I've been on projects with large schedule overruns, I am becoming more interested in the topic of project management to try to do better. However, ITIL and PMBOK seem way to heavy for what I need at a glance. My first approach is to simply look at following documented agile processes. What says that PMBOK and ITIL are the best options? In order to provide a FLOSS alternative, you'll need to build a community that really wants this stuff and can contribute the body of knowledge.
Good point about a community that actually wants it. Perhaps a product of the process should be a demonstrative project, also, similar to how FLOSS projects are products of free and open source development methodologies. Over the last five years of study and practical application of PMBOK and ITIL in my work environment, I've certainly found value. However, from a FLOSS perspective, I also see why Agile and Lean are more favored by our developers as opposed to the more documentation- and process-heavy formal ITIL and PMBOK.
For the rare moment when I need create a diagram in a computer, I'll use PowerPoint. However, mostly it's just the whiteboard or pen+paper. I like the chance to not look at the screen and, for the former, getting out of my chair.
