9 key career issues software developers face

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	9 key career issues software developers face The path from birth to death is filled with choices about where to work and what kind of work to do. Sometimes the world is nice enough to allow us some input. These days, developers have a lot more say in their employment, thanks to rising demand for their services. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > In this Issue JavaScript training for every employee? One company says yes INSIDER Scott Sellers: Time for the financial industry to contribute more to open source projects App developers meet to talk about how the iPhone 5 could change their businesses Heroku entices enterprise Java developers with cloud platform WEBCAST: Riverbed Best Practices for the Hyperconverged Enterprise Network Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 11:00 AM PST/2:00 PM EDT Join Maryam Zand, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Riverbed Technology, as she discusses how you can: Achieve unified communications Realize business short-term ROI Optimize network performance, regardless of end-user location Increase user productivity Learn more. JavaScript training for every employee? One company says yes One software company is requiring all its employees -- from the CEO on down -- to learn JavaScript. The goal: A better understanding of what customers and engineers need. Read More INSIDER Scott Sellers: Time for the financial industry to contribute more to open source projects In the financial industry, software is largely considered a trade secret. Speed is everything in the trading environment - so how an application performs can make or break competitive advantage. But there is a delicate balance of giving back to the open source community while also maintaining competitive advantage and trade secrets. I encourage the financial industry to continue to find that balance, investing and supporting open source projects that can help the industry overall. Read More WEBCAST: T-Systems Charting a Course for Realizing Business Value in the Cloud Cloud is not simply about delivering IT services. Rather it is about vesting the organization with the agility it must have to respond to challenges and opportunities at the speed of business. Tune into this live webcast - Thursday, October 18, 2012, 2:00 PM, EDT - to learn how to blaze your own pathway to enterprise applications in the cloud. Learn more. App developers meet to talk about how the iPhone 5 could change their businesses Developers set up a meeting on the same day the iPhone 5 was announced, to talk about what issues may come up around changing their apps for the larger screen. Read More Heroku entices enterprise Java developers with cloud platform Heroku's is aiming to expand its platform so businesses rely on it for core business needs, not just user-facing Web apps Read More
	SHARK TANK OF THE DAY Just her way of saying thanks Teacher at this elementary school has a brainstorm: She can teach a quick video editing class. The only issues: She doesn't know anything about video-editing -- and she's in a hurry. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL Apple's iPhone 5 smartphone will feature a larger screen, 4G LTE network and iOS update. Is the iPhone 5 likely to shake up the smartphone market? COMPUTERWORLD'S IT SALARY SURVEY 2012 A majority of IT workers say they're under pressure to increase productivity and take on new tasks. But the vast majority are still happy they picked IT as their career. NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
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