SilverFern Offering 5-Day .Net Journeyman Course Starting March 7th
One of the most important aspects of SilverFern's culture is education because it touches so many aspects of not only our company's life, but also the daily lives of our clients. In fact, customers in...
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“Thinking is not an automatic function. In any hour and issue of his life, man is free to think or to evade that effort. Thinking requires a state of full, focused awareness. The act of focusing one’s...
View ArticleModern Day Software Development: “Making Change Difficult”– Part 1 of 2
No two software development efforts are the same. We live in a world where… The cell phone, computer, iPad and TV purchased today are obsolete shortly after you walk out the door. The marketing...
View Article4 Characteristics Of Every Great Developer
We spend time carefully fostering what we refer to as "a community of developers for developers". While it might sound like an altruistic endeavor to allow local talent to congregate and collaborate,...
View ArticleThe New Model Is Here: IT and Business Must Work Together
For decades now, business and IT have been perpetuating the Division of Labor model to get work done. There have been a lot of reasons for this but the reality in today's world is none of those...
View Article7 Interpretations of Silence
Listening to clients is at the core of solid communication efforts. This is perhaps even more important to IT professionals than it is to average consumerism because we often deal with complex topics....
View ArticleQuestion For Developers: How Do You Rank The Importance Of Communication Skills?
silverFern was recently involved in a job fair hosted by KCITP and offered professional development as a value-add to job seekers that attended. For us, it was a perfect fit because one of our target...
View ArticleSoftware Mentoring: A Special Case?
I've been very lucky to have had some great mentors in my life – and didn't know it at the time. That's the funny thing about mentors – they're measured by the historical influence they had on you –...
View ArticleDeveloper Shortages in Kansas City
Do you know what the current ratio of open software developer positions to developers is here in Kansas City? It's roughly 4:1 Ask any recruiter. In fact, ask any developer who is polled 3 times a...
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