Re: Delphi as a Career Choice in the United States

From: Mark Van Ditta (nospam_at_nospam.wanted.here.org)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:57:51 -0400

"Ingvar Nilsen" <telcontr@online-not-this-part-.no> wrote in message
news:416AE785.4090009@online-not-this-part-.no...
> Mark Van Ditta wrote:
> > I have been at this game a very long time
>
> It is indeed interesting to read what you have to say.
> Do you have a web page, do you write books, have you considered
> submitting papers for Borcon? :-)
>

Actually, by "techie" standards, one could call me a slacker. I used to
be extremely hardcore, but I now put my wife and children before my
profession, which means I try to stick to a forty-hour workweek. Writing
books and giving seminars would mean spending a significant amount of time
away from my family.

With the above said, I have considered starting a blog with my thoughts on
software development. There are plenty of blogs that deal with the
technical details of software development, but very few that attack the
value-add/fiduciary/risk aspects. The sad truth is that a technical
professional will never win a technical argument with a manager by framing
the conversion in a technical manner (i.e., the "my tool is better than your
tool" argument). Most managers are just not interested in the technical
details.

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