Month: April 2010

• April 28, 2010Blog, Professional Status

  Professionalism – a global issue?

  In 2007, after a formal strategic planning process, the IEEE Computer Society began to improve its focus on computing professionals.

• April 24, 2010Blog, ICT Skills

  Are programmers soon to become extinct?

  by Prof Barry Dwolatzky The discussion at this week’s JCSE “Architecture Forum” got me thinking about the future of programming. Some of the software architects present seem to believe quite […]

• April 20, 2010Blog, ICT Skills

  Don’t complain about the broken “skills pipeline” – fix it!!

  by Prof Barry Dwolatzky The ICT “Skills Crisis” – and how to solve it – is an issue that has been my major preoccupation over the past decade (or more). […]

• April 15, 2010Blog, Professional Status

  Who needs standards?

  Why professional freedom does not mean unprofessional anarchy.

• April 8, 2010Blog, Growing Exports, ICT Sector, Improve Performance

  Video Promoting the SA ICT Sector

  by Prof Barry Dwolatzky    [youtube]7fZCqk6tJgI[/youtube] Here is a short version of a video produced by the JCSE and DTI to promote the SA ICT Sector. I used this video […]

• April 5, 2010Blog, Uncategorized

  Welcome to The Software Engineer

  Welcome to “The Software Engineer” – a blog for those who are passionate about the South African Software Industry.  In the 1950’s, when the first digital computers appeared, South Africans […]