The last months I didn’t find the time to write much on my blog, but I’ll have another try!

The last months I haven’t been programming a lot. I’ve had for a time more of a teamleader function and now I need to supervise a large project. Being a teamleader or managing a large project has been a strange experience because at times I feel like I’m really doing nothing. You need to see the big picture without willing to know all the details. If you want to know the details, you can’t manage to see the big picture (not in case of this project anyway). I’ve learned some SQL, some Transact-SQL, some features of SQLServer2005, some C#, Visual Studio 2008 and IIS. So now I have a good knowledge of every layer of a RIA, but also am forgetting a lot about Flex Api, Flash, … What really becomes important in this kind of job is to be able to trust the people that work with the details and making sure that they feel involved in the big picture. I’m reading more now about Software development, Architectures, UML, people management, … as these are more important than knowing how to program this or that. It’s hard, especially when staff is not big enough. I have the impression that there are little competent managers out there, but maybe I’m the one being blind.

So, from this on I’ll keep you posted on my experiences!

Ciao!