Sunday, December 29, 2013

Handling exceptions

I've come across a great post about handling properly exceptions in code. Have a look at Code Better: Don't use Try/Catch

And you, how do you handle your exceptions?

Patrick Balleux

Saturday, December 21, 2013

How To mirror iOS in Ubuntu


Wanna make some neat tutorials of your iPhone/iPad using Ubuntu?  See my tutorial!


No jailbreak required!

Saturday, December 7, 2013

My job: learning other's job!

We've all been attending school for many years, some more than others. This mandatory process of the human race will provide us with knowledge that will be applied into a selected career that should be our dream job, providing basic means to survive in our society.

Of course, we hope that our job will be more than a source of income. The dream job should be gratifying, inspiring and rewarding on a professional and personal level. This is not always the case for everyone, but I can assure you, it is for me.




I am currently a Software Project Manager for Premier Aviation. We fix aircrafts so you can fly securely on your holidays. Personally, I do not touch the "Metal Birds" as I am part of the software team. The solution called PAMC, manages the internal projects. There is a lot of people involved into repairing an aircraft and a lot of procedures and regulations to comply with.




A few months ago, I didn't know anything about aircrafts beside that they could fly. I had to learn about (and still learning) regulations, manuals, processes and technical "mumbo-jumbo" of the aviation industries to be able to work on a software that is basically ensuring that an aircraft will be fixed properly.


Before that, I had to learn about accounting when I worked on an accounting software.



Before that, I had to lean about health regulations when I had to work on a Health and Medical oriented software for doctors.




Before that, I had to learn about the telco industries when I had to work on a monitoring solution for telecom sites.

I went to school the learn about coding, databases and how to create softwares. The reality is that my career is about learning others job so I can translate their work process into a computer process.

It does require "re-learning" each time you get a new job. It does require a great deal of time to become an "expert". Everything changes as you're career evolves and reaches new heights. Being a developper means that your job is never the same.

If you wished for a 9 to 5 job that requires static knowledge for the next 40 years, the software industry is not for you.

If you like the challenges, learning and moving into unknown territories, the software industry needs you!

Me.happy = (Me.job = Others.jobs);

Patrick Balleux