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The COVID pandemic has highlighted the importance of maintaining legacy computing systems, and the need for more mainframe software developers. But as Bill Hinshaw, owner of COBOL Cowboys, says in the latest Phase Change podcast, learning a “legendary” mainframe language such as COBOL is only about 10% of getting developers productive in applications they don’t […]
A Reuters’ article published March 22, 2020, claims that the IRS will have difficulty delivering stimulus checks to help Americans endure the economic hardships caused by the mandated social-distancing protocols put in place to combat the COVID-19 global pandemic. The story, written by Washington, D. C., correspondent Andy Sullivan, explains how budget cuts and reliance […]
Brain drain is a serious problem facing organizations that use software applications to run their businesses. Learn how you can seal the drain and retain all of the knowledge trapped in your applications. At the end of every workday, your software development teams walk out the door with all of their knowledge leaving with them. […]
This is the fourth and final in a series of practical talks by founder and CEO Steve Bucuvalas about Phase Change Software, what we are developing, the math and science behind our technology, and the impact on the software development process. Using a whimsical example of dog banking, Steve discusses how the knowledge that’s encoded […]
Your development teams and projects lose expertise every time software engineers depart – taking all of their domain and system knowledge with them. It can take months for newcomers to become productive and years to become proficient. Bringing incoming developers up to speed distracts the whole team and results in significant project delays. How can […]
