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In an earlier post, I outlined why I think that there is value in enterprise developer specialization.  I concluded that there are four emerging classes of developers: User Facing, Mobile, Business Logic and Data, and Operations. User Facing developers are often called “front-end” developers and are responsible for what…]]> https://castever.wordpress.com/2016/04/04/the-user-facing-developer/feed/ 0 Chad https://castever.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/is-it-time-for-developers-to-specialize/ https://castever.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/is-it-time-for-developers-to-specialize/#respond Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:13:28 +0000 http://castever.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/is-it-time-for-developers-to-specialize/ Kevin Hickey's Blog:
I can remember a time that being an enterprise developer involved knowing one major technology.  For me, that was Java.  We wrote monolithic applications in Swing, and deployed by running an installer on the desktop.  User data was stored in files and sharing meant putting data on a…]]> https://castever.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/is-it-time-for-developers-to-specialize/feed/ 0 Chad https://castever.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/quick-thoughts-on-estimates/ https://castever.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/quick-thoughts-on-estimates/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:00:35 +0000 http://castever.wordpress.com/?p=417 https://castever.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/quick-thoughts-on-estimates/feed/ 2 Chad https://castever.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/becoming-a-better-software-engineer/ https://castever.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/becoming-a-better-software-engineer/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2015 04:15:15 +0000 http://castever.wordpress.com/?p=388 https://castever.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/becoming-a-better-software-engineer/feed/ 3 Chad https://castever.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/pooka-pets-released-on-ios/ https://castever.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/pooka-pets-released-on-ios/#respond Fri, 30 May 2014 20:20:19 +0000 http://castever.wordpress.com/?p=380 https://castever.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/pooka-pets-released-on-ios/feed/ 0 Chad https://castever.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/pokey-toad-studios-updating-zoodle-pad/ https://castever.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/pokey-toad-studios-updating-zoodle-pad/#respond Tue, 06 May 2014 20:50:56 +0000 http://castever.wordpress.com/?p=377 https://castever.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/pokey-toad-studios-updating-zoodle-pad/feed/ 0 Chad Zoodle Pad on iOS devices https://castever.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/news-from-pokey-toad/ https://castever.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/news-from-pokey-toad/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:35:29 +0000 http://castever.wordpress.com/?p=371 https://castever.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/news-from-pokey-toad/feed/ 0 Chad https://castever.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/quick-tip-autocomplete-for-javascript-in-visual-studio/ https://castever.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/quick-tip-autocomplete-for-javascript-in-visual-studio/#respond Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:06:37 +0000 http://castever.wordpress.com/?p=364 https://castever.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/quick-tip-autocomplete-for-javascript-in-visual-studio/feed/ 0 Chad https://castever.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/pesky-ie-8-and-fix/ https://castever.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/pesky-ie-8-and-fix/#respond Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:48:28 +0000 http://castever.wordpress.com/?p=343 https://castever.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/pesky-ie-8-and-fix/feed/ 0 Chad