Tim Hoolihan

Category: Employment

  • Agile Muffins: A Simple Justification of Iterative Methodologies

    I find myself more and more involved in the sales process with my company. And while our primary focus is on expertise around technology and information, the team I sell for most does work using Agile methodologies. It’s not the primary aspect of our sale though, as people want to hear about our proposed solution, […]

  • Networking Yourself As A Developer

    In a tough economy, jobs can be hard to find. Especially the right jobs, ones that make you happy and help you grow in your career. Even if you are satisfied with your job, having a network of programmers, managers, and other IT professionals is a great thing. You have people to bounce ideas off […]

  • Questions to Ask About Any New Custom Application In An Enterprise Setting

    How will this new software handle: Authentication Authorization Exceptions Instrumentation Persistence Object/Data Distribution Business Intelligence Team Turnover Quality Assurance Increased Load Validation This is a work in progress. Suggestions?

  • Why Clint Eastwood is My Programming Hero

    This post has been stewing for a while. I’ve struggled for a way to describe the needless clash I see between the communities I work in. But I think I’ve found my analogy. Ever watch a Clint Eastwood Western? Not Dirty Harry, or any the modern-setting movies he’s been directing lately, but the Westerns. In […]

  • Thinking About Steve Yegge’s Hiring Post

    UPDATE: I wrote some more recent things about Steve’s famous google plus post. http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/06/done-and-gets-things-smart.html I’m a big fan of Steve Yegge and his blog. I was recently rereading some of his posts and the above one had a lot of new meaning for me. At my job, I had recently been involved several interviews of […]