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HCM full stack developer Meetup This is the topic of HMC full stack developers' meetup this time. We have shared our ideas and discussed about them. Most of discussions is focused on career path for developers in Vietnam and what next we will do in 2016. I have a problem with my career path in Vietnam. I seem to get lost my motivation because I don't like to become either a manager or a TA (such as Technical Assistant, Technical Analysis, Technical Architect). But, why only are there either manager or TA in Vietnam? How about a 60-years experiences developer? Salary is actually an issue. I admire several great developers in the world such as Jeff Atwood ( stackoverflow.com founder), John Sonmez ( simpleprogrammer.com fouder). They created very great and valuable stuffs for the community and they are free of finance - of course, I think. Why can't I follow that way? I would like to not only create cool stuffs but also get high salary. I love to becom...

Source: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18054154-software-craftsmanship My first time to know about the term "Software Craftsmanship" is from Agile Tour Vietnam 2015. I finally read this book written by Sandro Mancuso who I met at this event. Software Craftsmanship is a metaphor for software development: software as a craft and developers as blacksmiths. In other words, Software Craftsmanship is about professionalism in software development. The Software Craftsmanship manifesto: Not only working software, but also well-crafted software : regardless how old the application is, developers can understand it easily; high an reliable test coverage, clear and simple design, business language well expressed in the code. Not only responding to change, but also steadily adding value : constantly improving the structure of the code, keeping it clean, extendable, testable, and easy to maintain; always leave the code cleaner than we found it. Not only individuals and int...