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Estimating IT Staffing

September 27, 2018March 01, 2019 Mark3 Comments

“How many IT staff does an organization need?” is a commonly asked and difficult to answer question. There is no magic ratio. There is no ideal staffing level. The appropriate number of a staff depends on what the IT organization is responsible for and the … “Estimating IT Staffing”

Environments for Teaching Kids to Program

October 12, 2007November 12, 2018 MarkLeave a comment

My ten year old daughter asked me to help her learn to program. It’s not that she’s interested in computer science, it’s that she knows that programming is required to create games and other things that she has imagined. I investigated a multitude of languages … “Environments for Teaching Kids to Program”