{"title":"Learning a new programming language? Why not C# .NET programming?","authors":"D. Hsu","doi":"10.1109/TCFPROIT.2012.6221130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCFPROIT.2012.6221130","url":null,"abstract":"The profession as an electrical engineer has undergone many changes in the last 20 years. Many of the design jobs have been outsourced, downsized or eliminated. While there is an oversupply of one type of engineer, there is a significant shortage of another type of engineer. Jobs in New York area represent the pulses of the engineering profession. Defense contractors have moved out of the area but microwave engineers are still in demand. Java and C# .NET programmers are in acute shortages. To take a course in Java or C#, the cost is $1,200 at a two-year college or $2,500 at a professional training organization. Since 1993, IEEE North Jersey Section provided 25 low-cost courses to retrain a total 273 engineers/professionals mostly by this author. The bottom line: successfully retrained engineers to work as Java Programmer, C# Programmer, Project Manager or related title. IEEE North Jersey Section, a volunteer organization, also benefited from the financial gains running these courses.","PeriodicalId":426685,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE TCF Information Technology Professional Conference","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126708494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction to cloud computing for developers: Key concepts, the players and their offerings","authors":"E. J. Qaisar","doi":"10.1109/TCFPROIT.2012.6221131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCFPROIT.2012.6221131","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides a basic introduction to cloud computing for software developers and covers key concepts, major players and their offerings in the market today.","PeriodicalId":426685,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE TCF Information Technology Professional Conference","volume":"25 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123566487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Take two beads and call me in the morning — Managing software development projects better","authors":"H. Deiner","doi":"10.1109/TCFProIT.2012.6221132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCFProIT.2012.6221132","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Warning! Warning! Managing software projects may be accompanied by continued regular bouts of nausea - brought on by unmet expectations, process churn, late deliveries, and worse. In their attempt to conquer these problems, many managers stiffen their resolve, create stricter schedules, and install rigid processes to guide development from inception to production. In this tutorial, we explored the proposition that better results come from fundamental changes in the way managers and the organization approach problems. We drew on W. Edward Deming's “14 Obligations of Managements,” and reprised Deming's famous Red Bead Experiment (with volunteers from the audience) on its 30th anniversary and drew conclusions about how our approach to problem-solving affects our day-to-day work. We had fun “working” in a simulation of a modern workday environment, leading and managing the development efforts. And we left with new, meaningful insights that hopefully inspired participants to make changes to improve both their work life and those around them.","PeriodicalId":426685,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE TCF Information Technology Professional Conference","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116419494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Take two beads and call me in the morning: Managing software development projects better","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/tcfproit.2012.6221133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcfproit.2012.6221133","url":null,"abstract":"Warning! Warning! Managing software projects may be accompanied by continued regular bouts of nausea— brought on by unmet expectations, process churn, late deliveries, and worse. In their attempt to conquer these problems, many managers stiffen their resolve, create stricter schedules, and install rigid processes to guide development from inception to production. In this tutorial, we explored the proposition that better results come from fundamental changes in the way managers and the organization approach problems. We drew on W. Edward Deming's \" 14 Obligations of Managements, \" and reprised Deming's famous Red Bead Experiment (with volunteers from the audience) on its 30th anniversary and drew conclusions about how our approach to problem-solving affects our day-today work. We had fun \" working \" in a simulation of a modern workday environment, leading and managing the development efforts. And we left with new, meaningful insights that hopefully inspired participants to make changes to improve both their work life and those around them.","PeriodicalId":426685,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE TCF Information Technology Professional Conference","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130070438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}