Developer Priorities
Sarah has published a list of her top 10 developer priorities on her blog.
- Solving the technical problems (solutions creation)
- Ensuring quality (including reliability and security)
- Having the skills to work efficiently and effectively
- Design for re-usability
- User centric software designs (HCI)
- Deliver software on time (where humanly possible)
- Using the best language to do the job
- Having the right tools available to do the job
- Avoid internal orgainsational politics as much as possible
- Working with intelligent & intellectual people
- Bonus priority! Tea (lots of... ) & good food (dairy free!)
That's a very good list, but I'd add one more to it.
- Working on a product you care about
It's very important to care about the products you are working on else why bother? If you don't have "buy in" (i hate that term) then it just becomes something to get out of the way, corners could well be cut to achieve that, and job satisfaction is low. You could well end up with a substandard product.
Finally, make sure that bonus priority is herbal tea (preferably Lemon and Ginger).
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Entered: 2006-04-07 09:22:46