Re: [noise][Netiquette] Re: Design approaches about primary key

"Sybrand Bakker" <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.nospam.demon.nl> a écrit dans le message news: s9ppsv4hbv7s1die9thdlng3tto6vr3kb2_at_4ax.com...
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 09:02:02 +0100, "Alkos" <azerty_at_nospam.org> wrote:
>
> >Hi man,
> >
> >Do you really think that Euro-dev is better than US ?
> >Nationality is not the issue. Skill is . . .
> >
> >Alkos
>
> You are wrong about skills. Too many 'developers' only skill is to hit
> buttons... the wrong ones! They never ever received any *formal*
> tuition, they don't even know a thing about normalization, they set up
> tables without primary and foreign keys, etc, etc, etc.
> Yes they have skills... to hack that is. Basically they can't develop
> at all, and if no one is overseeing their work, or (which is quite
> common) their manager doesn't know anything about IT too, you'll
> invariably end up with a system in need of urgent repair.
> Alas, when it is discovered this is necessary the 'system' is
> production and the developers to the Norht Pole.
>
>
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> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

I agree with you. By skill, I meant indeed the 'right' skills needed to design apps that work correctly whatever the birth or living place of the person.

You are right in your analysis of the lifecycle of a software. My opinion is IT managers must (note the "must") have valuable IT knowledge i.e. understand the basics and the depths of software engineering and project managing.

However, there a few companies where IT is considered as a strategical activity even when it isn't the company's business core. In these places, development is managed, code reviews exist and production installations are submitted to harsh validation tests.

I don't think such companies are quite common. Does somebody want to share his ou her experience about that ?

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Cheers,
Alkos