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Posted by: ITNovaScotia Admin	Monday, April 28, 2008
Software designers work hard and must stay on top of developments in their profession, but employment prospects and creative satisfaction are excellent RAYMOND PANCURA went through university thinking he was going to have a career in biology or environmental sciences. But as graduation approached and the job search began, he realized if he wanted to stay in Nova Scotia, he’d have to go head-to-head against hundreds of other students for a ridiculously small number of positions. So he switched gears, went back to school and built a passing interest in computers into a satisfying career. He has worked as a software designer for a number of large national companies and several smaller local firms. In all cases, he said, he has loved the challenge of using the newest innovations in the industry to solve client problems. "It’s about taking a client’s prose definition of a problem and working with specific computer languages and applications to develop an instrument that a computer will understand." As manager of development with ISL, a Halifax web design and communications firm, he said he sees industry systems and technology evolving on a daily basis, so it is vital for designers to always be looking for what’s coming down the road... http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1052556.html

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Re: It takes a logical mind

By SS on Wednesday, May 07, 2008

"Raymond Pancura, manager of development with ISL, a Halifax web development and marketing firm, says the movie image of software designers sitting alone in dark basements writing code through the night is outdated. He said designers now work in teams in office environments, use the best equipment and need good communication skills so they can ensure their work meets clients’ needs."

If anything this sounds like a more dated approach, with everyone centralized in one office. I think we are seeing more remote teams happening now, with skills coming from various areas as needed on a project. Perhaps this is how ISL works and thus all he knows, but sounds a bit like the .com boom days of buying big offices with large staff. Perhaps he is thinking of hackers more so than developers...