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Three tips for dealing with the IT labour shortage

If you’re reading this page, it’s probably because you too have been affected by the new labour shortage “pandemic” that began a few years ago and has been impacting large companies’ information technology recruitment efforts as they attempt to find qualified workers. The labour shortage has hit the IT sector hard This new pandemic has…

Pair Programming: how to maximize the benefits of collaboration?

Pair programming is an Agile software development technique that was popularized in the 1990s by the Extreme Programming methodology. One of its rules is that each work item performed must go through the hands of at least two team members. As a reflex, we might think that the code review process is the ideal way…

My Experience of the 360 Evaluation

During the first three months following my arrival at Done, I have been told I had to go through a 360 evaluation. My first reaction was: “A what?” A 360 evaluation, I was told, is conducted with your peers and is about different aspects of your work and yourself. I went there with a little…

Why do I want to start coding again since I became Product Ower?

Imagine that you are Product Owner for a Sodoku application: you would probably be able to describe the game’s rules to your development team and to provide as condition of success, a resolved puzzle and the corresponding valid starting grid. But it would be more difficult to specify a starting point without the reference of…

5 tips to develop custom software with a small budget

The decision to use existing software or to invest in the development of custom software is still subject of much debate. Using existing software that already has some basic features may seem tempting, but we often forget to compare it to the benefits of developing custom software. For more than 17 years, Done Techno has…

The Importance of the Workplace

Organizations’ employees working in IT, especially developers, often drag the reputation of not really caring about their physical workplace. Of course, it is important for them to have adequate space and to be close to colleagues with whom they collaborate regularly, but we often believe that they give more value to having the right tools…

Because there is a beginning to everything…

When I was young, personal computers were not very common, but they still managed to pique my curiosity. My uncle, who had noticed my new interest, invited me to spend a few evenings at his office to allow me to experiment with one of his machines. My mission was simple: entering sports data in one…

Journal of an Intern

Hi, I am Marc André, intern at Done; or should I say member of the team. I am presently doing an internship at the Done Technologies  in Laval. It has already been a month and half since I started my adventure here and what an adventure it has been until now! What’s Done? It’s a…

A different corporate culture…

I began my career as a Human Resources advisor in 2003. As the title shows, my role had always been more conventional within the businesses of different sectors where I evolved. Most of them were rather traditional in their management style and culture. This being said, I joined Done in May 2016 and to my…