professional-organization

Is it worthwhile for programmers to join professional organisations?

Are you a member of a professional organisation such as the ACM, IEEE, or BCS/ACS (or equivalent in your country)? How does it benefit your career and continuing education? What are the key benefits and do they justify the membership fees? ...

How do you order/control client documentation and assets?

I would class myself as a typical small developer/independant designer and I recently purchased some new hardware for the office and thought I better organise myself better than I have in the past. So I am wondering how you all organise all your files etc so that you can find them easily enough, and relate them together. Currently I ha...

Apps you use in your company or only by you to organize your work?

I personaly use : trac - as a wiki + bugtracker , yammer - to communicate with other co-workers, jabber - priv communication google docs - schedule , time organization ...

Professional Bodies

Does anyone know about the worth of professional bodies in the UK? I know that the BCS and IET exist but am unsure as to what they offer. I've just started a graduate job and am wondering if it is worth joining. ...

Suggestions on how to handle an organizational challenge?

Hi All, I know that this isn't exactly a coding question, but it's applicable to the day-in, day-out life of a programmer. I have responsibility of a project (web page). I have certain goals in mind when it comes to the site's overall design (almost no marketing, make the articles the main focus and make finding the correct article ve...