10 Questions Smart Software Developers Ask in Job Interviews – Updated

“As we are experiencing the ‘Great Resignation’, many people are re-evaluating what they want in a job and where they are doing it. Companies are trying to keep up with the trends as well. We are updating one of our past entries with some additional information related to current hiring trends.” Smart software developers can have their pick of choice jobs. It's important to assess the fit when interviewing for new positions, so you can find the best job. These 10 questions help you learn more about the role of developers within the organization, the company's commitment to implementing new [...]

By |February 14th, 2022|IT career planning, IT Recruiting, IT Staffing, Software Development, Thought Leaders|0 Comments
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SDLC Comparision: Agile vs DevOps – Updated

“As we are experiencing the ‘Great Resignation’, many people are re-evaluating what they want in a job and where they are doing it. Companies are trying to keep up with the trends as well. We are updating one of our past entries with some additional information related to current hiring trends.” Agile and DevOps are often conflated and confused with each other. It’s often misunderstood where one stops and the other begins. While there are a lot of differences between the two, the short answer is that Agile is a Software Development Life Cycle that provides a methodology for [...]

By |December 13th, 2021|CIO/CTO, Technology Spotlight, Thought Leaders|0 Comments
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Decide Consulting Announces STEM Scholarship Winner

Decide Consulting is proud to announce the winner of our 2020 STEM Scholarship winner - Abigail Penfield of the University of Missouri. Abigail is studying Biomedical Engineering and plans to graduate in 2023.Besides being an excellent student, she is active on campus. She is part of the Mizzou Engineering Student Council, the Public Relations Coordinator of NAESC and the Marketing Chair for TEDxMU. Her submission about why she wanted to pursue Biomedical engineering captured everything we hoped to hear from a student. Abigail responded to the scholarship by saying "I'm incredibly grateful for this scholarship that will financially assist me [...]

By |June 30th, 2020|Technology Spotlight, Thought Leaders|0 Comments
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College eSports – A Parent’s Perspective

“It’s a Thing Now.”  If I had a nickel for every time I’ve said those words in the last few months, I’d have a big stack of nickels. It would not, however, be a big enough stack to equal the scholarship my son is receiving to play video games in college. My son will be entering the University of Missouri for the Fall 2019 semester as a member of their inaugural esports program. He will be playing on their Overwatch team. Over the past year, I have evolved from telling him to spend less time playing games to realizing he’s [...]

By |April 1st, 2019|Thought Leaders, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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SDLC Comparision: Agile vs DevOps

Agile and DevOps are often conflated and confused with each other. It’s often misunderstood where one stops and the other begins. While there are a lot of differences between the two, the short answer is that Agile is a Software Development Life Cycle that provides a methodology for delivering tech products and DevOps is a method to deliver those same technology products to those who need it. Agile When the Agile Manifesto was first written in 2001, it was a response to the waterfall-based methodologies. Waterfall approaches were heavy front-end specifications and hoping you covered everything. Inevitably, you didn’t. [...]

By |January 22nd, 2019|CIO/CTO, Technology Spotlight, Thought Leaders|0 Comments
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