Buu Nguyen's Blog

Two excellent articles discussing about the failure of CORBA due to the inadequate standardization process of the OMG, and the fact that WS-* standardization process does not completely learn much from that failure: The Rise and Fall of CORBA and WS-NonexistentStandards. I am not an expert in CORBA or WS to say whether the authors are totally reasonable, but at least I think their points should be considered highly by any standardization party. And although I have no mercy for CORBA, I would be regret if WS will die the same death someday. WS is supposed to be simple, so be it.

Imran wrote that people often cheat in their CVs by enumerating things that they don’t really know about. He also suggests basic sets of knowledge, each for a specific skill/tech (e.g. Java, design patterns etc.), that a person needs to possess before claiming the skill/tech in the CV. I generally agree with his observation about the fact that many developers exagerate about their competences in their CVs. Read more…