Fernando Meyer

Are you a professional programmer?

Sunday, October 8th, 2006 | Work | No Comments

How do people become professional programmers? Many people go the “traditional” path through a computer science or software engineering education and from there into professional programming work. Others become professional programmers by accident. A person writes a small program to help at work, and their workmates say, “Oh great, you can write programs! You’re our programmer now!”

This article explains what’s a real professional software developer, the real meaning of “Professional”

http://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/software_professionalism.html

How to be happy at work?

Sunday, October 8th, 2006 | Work | 1 Comment

Do you feel that you deserve promotion and more money? Are you focusing on what you want from your career?How passionate are you about your work?
The best move to read about happiness at work. The site shares the good stuff, and there are some good places to start reading:

• The Happy At Work Book
• Best posts of the site
• Happy at work in six minutes
• Monday tips - fun, easy things you can do in five minutes to make yourself and others happy at work
• Make your business happy and rich

Happiness at work is no longer a luxury - it’s the single best way to achieve lasting success and a worthwile work life.