[kictanet] Why isn’t there a glut of good software engineers?

[S.M. Muraya]

Whether in government or in the private sector, where local talent is not
prioritized or favored, automation works are never well maintained.

http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/kenya%27s-public-officers-to-acquire-ict-skills-from-microsoft%27s-school-of-government-program



Regards

Murigi / Stanley Muraya

*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
who takes a city." Prov 16:32*

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Baiju Shah <baiju at tele2media.com> wrote:

> Yep, good software engineers are far fetched to come by. We also need to
> look at the aspects of good business analysts who help to scope in order
> for the software engineers to be effective
> On 4 Feb 2015 21:37, "S.M. Muraya via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> This may help local and central government offices in Kenya get working
>> CRMs... (including messaging systems)
>>
>>
>> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2013/05/01/why-isnt-there-a-glut-of-good-software-engineers/
>>
>> *Why isn’t there a glut of good software engineers?*
>>
>> philg - May 1, 2013 @ 11:07 am · Filed under Uncategorized
>>
>> As Google hires all of the world’s good software engineers and my friends
>> with startup companies fight over the scraps I am left to wonder how
>> everyone could have been so wrong in predicting that the world would be
>> glutted with good programmers and sysadmins by now.
>>
>>
>> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2013/05/01/why-isnt-there-a-glut-of-good-software-engineers/
>>
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