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re: Tell Visual Studio 2012 UI Designers What to Fix

Imran Akram — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:02:20 GMT

There are so many things that went so so wrong.

1. The ICONS. I mean just look at them, they're a disgrace. So small and almost monolithic and dull. Go back to 2010 icons please.

2. ALL CAPS Menu.

3. The General color scheme especially with the WHITE one. Damn that is a pain in the eyes.

SO PLEASE... the VS 2010 theme and icons was brilliant. No problems with that. You don't need any of these changes for God's sakes

re: Fixing the System.Data.UpdateException – DefiningQuery and no Error

Ricky — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:10:19 GMT

Thanks for posting this. I was about to undo my changes and start from scratch.

re: Fix: Orchard Error ‘The controller for path '/OrchardLocal/' was not found or does not implement IController.

ola karlsson — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:58 GMT

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I had pretty exactly this happen to me, wasted way to much time but thanks to your post I'm now back on track :)

re: Are Software Development and IT Careers Doomed in North America?

sroughley — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:56:54 GMT

@ sc000ter

Completely agree with you there. The company I work for makes a killing simply because outsourced programming and development is, to paraphrase, woefully bad. Companies in the UK are paying through the nose to have the work done to a high standard and with low risks. Its a great time to be a dev, but only if you know what you are doing and demonstrate a high level of professionalism.

re: Are Software Development and IT Careers Doomed in North America?

sc000ter — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:47:16 GMT

I disagree with the notion that software development and IT jobs are "endangered". I know of at least two companies that outsources a few years ago, and now, because the projects are woefully past deadlines and progress is soooo slowww, they ended up having to bring in North American talent to "fix it".

I'm not worried...

re: Are Software Development and IT Careers Doomed in North America?

James Lee — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:52:52 GMT

Strongly agreed with your thoughts, It must be doomed in North America in near future.

re: Are Software Development and IT Careers Are Doomed in North America?

Jeff — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:33:10 GMT

You can't be serious. Just across Lake Erie here, .NET developers are scoring contract gigs at $100/hr., and if they're even reasonably capable, salaries around $100k a year. It's even more ridiculous on the coasts.

I've been writing for a couple of years that the problem is that there just aren't enough people here to do the work that has to get done, and it makes hiring an awful process.

re: Are Software Development and IT Careers Are Doomed in North America?

flavorful — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:55:33 GMT

No, but grammar is!

'Who moved my cheese!'

re: Are Software Development and IT Careers Are Doomed in North America?

Scott — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:43:56 GMT

Your right about economics. Ultimately its supply and demand which translates to pricing. There are still great opportunities in IT in North America and will be for quite some time. But North America has a lack of people getting into engineering. I was at a college IT job fair in the Midwest and a majority of those showing interest in programming jobs were overseas students on visas. In the long run if we want IT jobs to stay around we need to compete for them. We can compete on price (wages), productivity, innovation, communication skills, etc. Frankly, I think a lot of people from China, India and other countries are more interested in software and willing to work harder than many of us North Americans.

Also, many complain about manufacturing going overseas but we don't mind the inexpensive prices at Wal-Mart. In the long run we are all better off by having our goods and services produced where it is most efficient. However in the short term it sucks being displaced. However we can avoid being displaced by making sure we are competitive as professionals and as a country.

re: Fixing the System.Data.UpdateException – DefiningQuery and no Error

Armin - FIT — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:21:46 GMT

Thanks a lot, saved me also! :)