By Cal Evans
(Editor’s Note: This is an older article. I wrote this around 1999 but most of it still applies today.)
Managing software developers requires a different mindset than managing other types of employees. By its very nature, software development is a cross between the rigorous detail of engineering and the craftsman pursuits like fine carpentry. [...]

Dear Reader,
Most of you know, but some of you may not know, that one of the consulting services I provide is helping people identify and hire quality PHP programmers. I’ve been hiring developers for a long time now and inevitably, someone will ask me in a conversation, “How can I find good programmers?” Since [...]