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IT Mgmt |
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he's opening up a bit.... |
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01/21/2006 |
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People call him Darth Vader and are scared sh**less by him. What he says goes, no matter how stupid or brilliant it is.
The SW development methodology is famously known as "Just F**king Do it, and - as Mike B himself brags about in his book - they don't do planning, it's not really needed.
So, if you a) wanna program in a vaccuum, b) wanna develop substandard quality software, and c) always live in fear that Tom Secunda will come and talk to you or your manager about something - then by all means, work for Bloomberg!
I have personally seen several examples of how he will change direction of a project several times because he can.
Also, this guy does not believe in anything that isn't built inside of BBG, and that includes its own DB, Messaging system, their own browser, their own app servers, etc, etc, etc. So, if you don't mind using mostly proprietary technology to develop crappy products, then by all means - work for Bloomberg!
RUP, SDLC, PMI, CMMi - it's all irrelevant to Bloomberg, becuase they've done so well in the past that there's no need do more than pretend that they believe in best practices, etc, etc. |
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The executive board, of which Tom is a part of, just approved a huge project that is NOT Bloomberg software. He was said as being on board with it too - All sales, billing, accounts receivable, etc. will be handled through SAP. SS19, SS21, etc. will pull data from SAP, as well.
It's already been used in house for almost 3 years for accounts payable, purchasing, warehouse management, etc. Adding the billing functionality is a big fundamental change for the company.
Most will comment that this slow migration of the internal business functions from the BB to SAP is another sign that the company is propping itself up to be sold. No acquiring company will want to deal with a hodgepodge of customized, propreitary software to run a business. Especially when that software is far less featured than a standardized off the shelf package.
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