Jojo Siao

If an organization, whether IT-related or non-IT related, hires a pool of programmers, one might closely think how these programmers will be able to work in good harmony and coordination. If they do not follow best team practices and the team is just relatively new, the natural tendency would be that they work very limited only to their own duties, concerned about how they did their work. They might fear for the loss of their jobs, encouraging competition and comparison among them, thus leading them to lesser productivity and ownership.

So, the question here is this: should an organization conceptualize and implement “house rules for programmers?” I see that some might go against it, saying that their way of doing things has been for long time already and it has been working since then. While the others are for it because their concern is for continuous improvement.

How should house rules be implemented then? Does it involve attendance ? performance appraisal? Does it need to be specific in terms of coding practices?

I guess I should leave this issue open-ended so I can gather comments and suggestions.  I am about to form our own house rules at work.

I just received this news from fellow twitterer @yolynne .  She shares this link from codamon.com and it says from this NTC document that NTC requires anyone (any pinoy, I guess) to obtain a license for posting online content. (It is said that the license costs about 6,000 pesos.) It has been clarified, however, as stated in the document that only telecoms are affected by this.

My only reaction to this is that this is completely useless and doesn’t achieve any purpose whatever for the sake of our country. I think this is just some sort of profiteering.

You might think it’s me that is weird, but my only intention is to share some of my insights after so many things just happened so quickly and especially this christmas season. I view them as a way of learning experience as a person.

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