The Berkun Blog
Management, design, and the making of good things.
Ending the wars between testers and programmers
July 8th, 2005
One of the long standing tugs of war in the software world is between those who write code and those who test code. I’m sure you’ve seen your share of skirmishes and turf battles. Well, here’s some thoughts for on how to make those dev/test relationships work better:
Ending the wars between testers and programmers
This is the first of several essays I’ll be writing for www.oreillynet.com
New essay: How to survive a bad manager
June 2nd, 2005
Ever have a manager you couldn’t stand or thought was incompotent? Then this essay is for you:
I can’t guarantee that you’ll thrive, but the advice here should help deal with many “bad manager” situations.
Slashdotted
May 29th, 2005
Was away camping, and returned to a great Memorial day present - a mention on slashdot. The timing is sweet since the book is just out. But its funny than an essay almost two months old surfaces again. Somehow it showed up again recently on kottke.org and then made it’s way over to slashdot.
New Essay: Why you must lead or follow
May 18th, 2005
Latest essay is all about leaders, followers and specatators (or complainers) and why knowing where you stand and acting on it is so important.


