25 October, 2007

How Hard Could It Be? Five Easy Ways to Fail - by Joel Spolsky

A huge number of technology projects go wrong. This is news to no one. Whether you run a software company with a number of ongoing development efforts or you have a nontech company that hires consultants here and there to provide systems integration, chances are you've bumped up against this problem. Delays, blown budgets, and outright failures are so common in the software world, in fact, that it's hardly newsworthy when a project is years late and millions over budget.

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19 October, 2007

IT Pay around the World Survey 2007 – country rankings

Based on gross annual total cash, IT staff at all levels are paid the most in Switzerland, where the IT Manager job pays an average of $140,960 annually. The same job level in Denmark (the second-highest-paying country) pays $123,080, while Belgium (3) pays an average of $121,170. The UK and Ireland are ranked 4 and 5, with an average pay of $118,190 and $108,230, respectively.



In the United States, the average IT manager earns $107,500 a year compared with Canada (8) at $93,860.



The survey found that IT managers in Vietnam, Bulgaria and the Philippines receive the lowest pay, respectively, at $15,470, $22,240 and $22,280 a year. Indian IT managers were fourth from the bottom, earning an average of $25,000.



In the most-junior career band surveyed, defined as IT Professional – Experienced, employees in Switzerland earn the highest salaries at an average $101,510, ahead of Belgium (2), Germany (3) and Denmark (4). The UK ranks fifth with an average of $64,340 followed by the US (6). In the lower-paying countries, Vietnam again pays the least at $5,570, followed by the Philippines and India at $8,130 and $9,630, respectively.

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18 September, 2007

Tudor in action...

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23 February, 2007

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