What I learned at Topconf Bucharest

Introduction I’ve got back from Topconf Romania 2014, a developer to developer conference that emerged in Tallinn and for the first time this year it was also held in Bucharest. As an architect, I assumed I’d be after technical speeches but I got really impressed by some management related presentations as well. Lessons learned A conference is a great learning experience. New technologies are being advertised and software paradigms get dissected and questioned by both the speakers and the attendees. There were some great ideas I came back with and I’ll share… Read More

Good vs Bad Leader

Software is more about people than technology. When I graduated from college, I thought I only had to master technical skills to be a great developer, thinking that people skills are the appanage of managers solely. But experience taught me a good lesson on this one. Whenever I hear that people skills can’t be acquired, and you have to be a born with them, I just beg to differ. Nobody is born with any given skill, we learn through observation and by copying others (our role-models). You might get some valuable info… Read More