Internext Workshop to Address 'How to Hire a Programmer'
 

Internext Workshop to Address 'How to Hire a Programmer'

Industry vet Edgeprod will conduct a workshop designed to help company managers hire a competant programmer.

Internext New Orleans show organizers are very pleased to announce the scheduling of a workshop that will address a rare subject for a webmaster trade event: "How to Hire and Manage a Programmer." The workshop, which will take place Friday, May 30 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the River Bend Ballroom of the New Orleans Downtown Marriott, will be conducted by Domenic R. Merenda, aka Edgeprod, who wants to pull back the veil on hiring experienced developers who write maintainable, testable and scalable code, as well as strategies for keeping these talented professionals engaged and productive.

"Hiring a competent programmer instead of a BROgrammer can be the difference between the ultimate success or failure of a project," said Edgepord. "My strategies for hiring and maintaining development talent are time-tested and results-proven."

Edgeprod elaborated on what he will cover in the hour-long workshop that is designed for company owners and managers using non-technical terminology:

"Custom web development can be a costly endeavor, full of potential pitfalls," he said. "These obstacles crop up not only during the building process, but for years to come as the code is maintained by subsequent programmers and teams. Learn how to engage experienced developers who will see your project to fruition instead of novices who may abandon the project midstream, or arguably worse, write code that is useless in the long run. From identifying desirable skill-sets and asking the right questions all the way to verifying previous work, this seminar will demystify the process of choosing an ideal candidate.

"Hiring these individuals is only half the battle," he added. "The second part of the seminar deals with keeping coders engaged and contributing, without the typical drop in productivity. Strategies for programmer motivation, workflow patterns and team hierarchy are dissected and analyzed."

WHAT

"How to Hire and Manage a Programmer" Workshop

WHEN

Friday, May 30, 2014, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

WHERE

The River Bend Ballroom of the New Orleans Downtown Marriott

WHO

Domenic R. Merenda, aka Edgeprod

To register for internext go to https://www.etouches.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=82543&

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Wow, that guy sounds like a sexy beast. Looking forward to opening some eyes on a topic that hasn't seen much attention at previous shows.

he is a sexy beast that loves the cock, I swear I saw thread about that here before

please videotape and post a video I want to watch this but I cannot attend because I am chasing around my obnoxious programmers

Poach your competitors best people......current salary +20%, +profit sharing on related projects. There, I just saved everyone a couple hours of time they can use for binge drinking, lol.

J/K (but kinda not)

Maybe you need this more than most ... just like I need/love the cock!


Not a bad idea. You just saved us 59 minutes.

Ps i mean video tape the workshop not u loving da caaaaaaaak

I'm not competant because I use spell check.

:1orglaugh

Too late.


And yet, "competent" is the correct spelling. :1orglaugh

Yeah, glad you got it.
I guess you finally decided to read what he typed.

:helpme

WTF.

I don't mean to be a dick or anything... But if you need to attend a seminar about how to hire a programmer, maybe you shouldn't be hiring people in the first place or running your own business?

No, I definitely missed it, then. Who typed what?

It sounds like you've ever never built serious technology, or didn't know you were getting a subpar project. The hiring practices for programmers in this industry are abysmal. Ask any of us who endlessly look at other people's awful code. Some MAJOR projects in adult aren't even object-oriented. Many aren't PSR-0 through PSR-2 compliant. Hardly any companies have people who use version control. The vast majority don't even use dependency injection.

Hire the right talent, and it's cheaper in the long run, more efficient, and usually solves time-to-market problems better.

Sure sound like a dick.

Should they be a hired grunt like you?

I bet the original code for Facebook, eBay, and most of the huge mainstream sites was no better.

Edgeprod what major adult projects were you lead programmer on?

I'm there. :)

Lol.what's next,venusblogger giving advice how to convert cams?

You're right that many companies started out with questionable coding standards. But the difference between talented developers writing prototype software and a less-than-qualified programmer making mistakes because they don't know any better is night and day.

As far as my projects, I'll keep the list brief:

FeedPushers Morphing RSS Feeds
Playboy's Morphing RSS Feeds (not FeedPushers, custom solution)
PimpRoll's Morphing RSS Feeds (not FeedPushers, custom solution)
SubmitPasses (GTS)
Many projects for SexKey
Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone (the non-WP plugin version)
Forum AutoPoster
Pride Studios ExtraBigDicks, MenOver30, and CircleJerkBoys (sold to Gamma/BuddyProfits)
Pride Studios WillyLong (sold to Gamma/BuddyProfits)
Custom cam solutions for a number of companies

A number of these projects have moved on through several iterations of code, or are no longer in use, of course.

Outside of adult, I've worked on:

CRM software for Lucent Technologies/AT&T (Team lead)
Installation functions for RedHat Linux (Python functions)
Python 2.0, released at BeOpen.com (senior management/software direction and strategy)
E-Fulfillment software for Amazon.com (Team lead)
AS/400 implementation of Python CRM (Team lead)

I've also made a number of contributions to open source software, including Linux utilities, programs, and LimaMUD (a text-based multi-user dungeon software written in C and LPC).

Currently, I am the VP of Engineering at LeadWrench, managing a team of developers to produce enterprise-level software across a number of industries. We're in a major hiring phase right now, and we've been successfully on-boarding excellent candidates, as well as cutting loose those who don't meet muster before their efforts affect our products.


Awesome, looking forward to seeing you! :thumbsup


Name your price to make this happen. I would be there in a heartbeat. :1orglaugh

I just had my wife wash my speedo, so I can wear it for this workshop.

I think your workshop will be pretty good actually, but you probably should skip the speedos.

:2 cents:

I'm shining my lens up just for that :Graucho

Sex-ay! :hitit

Thank you so much to everyone who came ... who knew we'd get into such interesting topics, and it'd last so LONG! I was exhausted when we finished by the second hour, and still stayed another hour to talk to a lot of you!

Interesting questions, great stories, and I hope you learned how to more effectively onboard and retain your technical talent. I will be summarizing the talk for those who missed it, and making it available.

u do love me....

i hope u didnt cheat on me while at the convention.

classic gfy thread

Only a little. It was NOLA, after all.


Strangely devoid of too much trolling ... so far.

Any youtube video of it anywhere?

Sounds like it went well, going on 3+ hours?

Like others in here, a video of this would be nice.

Sadly, the videographer had another engagement shortly after we started. I was very pleased with the direction it took, the questions asked, etc. The feedback afterward was very positive, so that felt good. :thumbsup