Archive for December, 2009

• Motivating software developers to work harder

  Throughout my experience, I’ve always been the type of developer to spend 60+ hour weeks grinding out bug fixes when its crunch time. What does this really mean? It means working all days of the week and making that final push towards a flawless demo to the client.
  Recently I’ve been thinking about what really triggers [...]

  December 22nd, 2009

• The Future of My Blog

  Divide and Conquer
  I’ve always thought that this blog would be my random thoughts about software development, world of warcraft, and lifestyle; however, after playing around with Google AdSense–it’s actually difficult to achieve targeted ads if I’m talking about several broad topics.
  Software development and life experiences related to my career
  From now on, jaime.bueza.com will only contain [...]

  December 2nd, 2009

• Company Culture for Software Developers

  Laid-back versus uptight environments
  For the longest time I’ve been working for companies with a casual dress code and laid-back environment. I’ve even seen people wear shorts and t-shirt when there’s a summer heatwave in Vancouver. I define ‘casual’ as allowing employees to wear whatever is comfortable but doesn’t distract anyone from doing their work. [...]

  December 2nd, 2009