1 Day To Go

First off, I have to cite some of the funny app requests I've gotten:
- An app to count polarbears in Norway and geotag them in google earth.
- Write a VMware type application but with a smaller footprint and some built in applications.

OMG, expectation management... More on that later... I don't mean to ridicule anyone, but I thought I'd share anyhow.

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Writing proof of concepts these days is so easy for the me. Why is it that companies pay for big names like Accenture, IBM, Avanade, etc, instead of hiring top notch developers? Doesn't RAD have a place in the enterprise? Or are there really so few top notch Software Jedis?

All it takes is one developer with passion and coding skills to put out a proof of concept, then 2 crappy contractors to tweak it. Why do businesses fall into this massive application lifecycle stuff?

Lifecycle, analysis, design, use case, bubbles, sticks, etc... Is it really any good? I write code. I write a lot of code. Why should the Software Jedi analyze and design what he knows will be rewritten - he doesn't know exactly what is needed, and neither does anyone else. It's iterative (shudder, consultant words). Sometimes he pegs it, sometimes he doesn't. But when he doesn't the Software Jedi prefers having only a week invested rather then 6 months.

On one hand I hope my Director and CIO are reading this - but on the other hand, I hope they aren't...
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So tomorrow, I start coding apps. 8pm Eastern. A live chat link will be on the right. Maybe a webcam link too. Maybe both at the same time on a page. I don't know. I should probably figure it out now but whatever... Uber geeks, join me.

Let's set some expectations. I work with a guy who loves to talk about "expectation management". It's true, you do need to manage people's expectations, so let me manage yours right now. I'm writing LITTLE apps. Not big apps. The Software Jedi expects massive critism for whatever he creates. Hopefully, whatever he creates is useful for someone. I rest assured knowing that whatever he creates WILL be useful for me.

If you don't like what I create, check again tomorrow. If you like nothing I create, stop visiting. If you like EVERYTHING that I create, click the donate button on the right and give me some cash. Give cash to the Software Jedi (waves arm), give cash, (waves arm) give cash to the Software Jedi.

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One more thing, I also got a note from "SUSAN AND JOHNSON MUZAZA" asking me for YOUR MOST NEEDED AND HONEST ASSISTANCE getting 18.5 million dollars out of Zimbabwe. They even promised me 25%. I don't have time for it, but contact susannzz1985@yahoo.com if you're interested. Hopefully me putting their email here will do as much good for them as it has for me. LOL.
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