On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:51 AM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
@Murigi, have you ever wondered why apps or web are not being written out of KE? I can re-call an event some years ago. This was done by Sony Ericsson at jacaranda hotel and SDKs were handed out or something like that. If you attended, pls let me know what the outcome of this event was in terms of app development a few years later, where is the app at?
Therein lies the problem. Code re-use has serious set backs and once that code is not available, people will not proceed with development. I'm willing to bet you this is excatly what happened to the above event. Which means, any future events will follow the same effects.
Pls someone correct me....
Our biggest problem here is solo movers = SOLO MOVING!. Many think their projects are so special and work in self inflicted voids. They end up doing a project that only one client buys .. Another project comes up and the same thing .. in the end they have 10 projects over 3 years - each sold to one different client. This is stuff they could share with other developers -- so that others do not have to re-invent what they have done...
A developer starts trying to work out 3 components of a project that he (it is usually we the male species with this kind of ego and jive) cannot do ALONE within the specified time and budget. They end up mashing up something disastrous.
It turns out there are 10 other developers out there who have actually built the other 2 components required but they were all solo moving - do not care or know of each other because they were all working on their own little gods (projects) thinking ...
The end result is nobody pays attention to what could be very notable work - but because they could not sell it or share it with others ..
http://joshblog.net/2009/01/12/five-ways-to-become-a-better-software-developer/