Programmers adore Revelations from God. That’s when some truth is obvious to everyone, while programmers arrive at it through long, expansive reasoning.
Today I read the article “TDD Harms Architecture”. (http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2017/03/03/TDD-Harms-Architecture.html). The article is about how, supposedly, the culture of …
Programmers have absolutely no abstract thinking.
Proof: everyone has read and knows Erich Gamma’s “patterns” (judging by applicants’ résumés). But in practice they know and use only the singleton. And even that is because it’s the same thing as a global variable, and they were taught that in …
On 01/25/2017, a conference of the labor collective of the CEU faculty was held, at which they voted to give Dean Khakhanov’s work an unsatisfactory evaluation.
Large organizations are hard to manage. Not everyone can manage themselves. Let alone manage another person, a dozen people, a hundred …
Previously on: on December 15, in the election for rector of KhNURE, 499 voters (50.2%) voted for Semenets, and 354 (35.6%) for Rubin. On December 19, the Ministry of Education and Science dismisses Rubin from the post of rector of KhNURE. On December 20, the Ministry of Education …
Starting December 2, I’ll give 11 lectures on advanced iOS development topics. Admission is free for students and staff of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. Space is limited; registration is required.
Information and registration: http://mass.education
The shortcoming of existing programming courses for the Apple iOS operating …
Yesterday Viktor Ivanovich Kauk reposted my post about “Why I quit the university” to the group “KhNURE - open group” (https://www.facebook.com/groups/vicerector/permalink/1806975352897269/). He added his own narrative to the repost. A discussion happened under the repost, including with the participation of the rector of KhNURE …
Six months ago I wrote a post called “I’m Quitting the University” (I’m Quitting the University) and promised to explain why I left.
Students would often come up to me and ask: “Vladimir Igorevich, why are you still working here instead of going to the U.S.”? Blushing …
A year ago I wrote a note called “The University Doesn’t Teach You to Be Successful” (The University Doesn’t Teach You to Be Successful). This thesis had been rattling around in my head for several years, but I was missing a few pieces to formulate it clearly.
A …
This year, on the recommendation of colleagues from the club of IT company directors, I went to the ABIS business school. It came at just the right time: after all, I’m an expert in IT technologies, because I spent five years studying at KhIRE, and then another three years …
Our university is currently discussing dual education. In dual education, a student gets part of their knowledge at the university and part at a company. For example, Germany has had a system for 40 years where the student gets 50% of their knowledge at a company and 50% at uni …