Looking at how computer devices are being produced these days, the future really look cool for software developers, because almost everybody in the world now uses computer, businesses can't be well managed without it. And we all know that without software, computers are like junk boxes that just powers on and shows light on the screen.
Before now, I have been told that computers are the edge of most businesses. While working in Nirvana Hotel and Suites as an IT Support Officer, I discovered something that made me believe that computers are really vital when it comes to business. One faithful day, there was a hard disk failure in the server computer that hosted the database being used for the hotel business, nothing worked anymore, the sales software were all dead. Then, the hotel decided to start doing it the old way, "pen and paper", and this old way was very slow and full of errors. My colleague decided to make something with excel that could at least enable the sales guys to print invoice through the printer while we waited for the database files to be retrieved and the developers of the software to come fix it. Of course, printing invoices with excel was achieved, but the sales person had to be very careful because he or she will determine what the invoice number is and do the calculations. Everything was manual this lasted for about 5 days and these days were full of errors to the extent that some guests refused to sign the manually generated bills. The sales people's task became very tedious and sometimes, they were debited for their mistakes which resulted into loss of money. The salaries of worker were delayed as a result of the data loss.
Finally, the database files were retrieved and everything was fixed. Had this continued for about 6 months, am sure the business would have gone dark. So, software is very important in business.
I have always wanted to be a responsible spender, I wanted to spend meaningfully and make sure that I get the value for my money. I understand for this to happen, I needed to know a bit about accounting. Using my basic accounting skills, I started keeping record of how I earn and spend, yeah, it worked, but its very tedious. I did it for many months, then I decided to make a software called SharpAccounting which can be downloaded from www.sharpaccounting.codeplex.com . Using SharpAccounting, I discovered the power of software, this program has really helped my financial life in terms of management. Though its not the best accounting program, but I understand it better because I developed it for the problem I was facing.
People, Companies and Schools pay hell for software, and this is really not going to stop. Computers and Software have come to stay and they are not going away until Christ comes. So, if are a developer, relax, the future is really cool for you. Just become good at software development and a very good company will find you or you will find a good company or still, you can start your own software development business.
I wrote this post based on my experience and research, If you have something to contribute or disagrees with something I wrote in the post, please your comments, corrections, contributions and suggestions are highly welcome. Thanks for your time.
Before now, I have been told that computers are the edge of most businesses. While working in Nirvana Hotel and Suites as an IT Support Officer, I discovered something that made me believe that computers are really vital when it comes to business. One faithful day, there was a hard disk failure in the server computer that hosted the database being used for the hotel business, nothing worked anymore, the sales software were all dead. Then, the hotel decided to start doing it the old way, "pen and paper", and this old way was very slow and full of errors. My colleague decided to make something with excel that could at least enable the sales guys to print invoice through the printer while we waited for the database files to be retrieved and the developers of the software to come fix it. Of course, printing invoices with excel was achieved, but the sales person had to be very careful because he or she will determine what the invoice number is and do the calculations. Everything was manual this lasted for about 5 days and these days were full of errors to the extent that some guests refused to sign the manually generated bills. The sales people's task became very tedious and sometimes, they were debited for their mistakes which resulted into loss of money. The salaries of worker were delayed as a result of the data loss.
Finally, the database files were retrieved and everything was fixed. Had this continued for about 6 months, am sure the business would have gone dark. So, software is very important in business.
I have always wanted to be a responsible spender, I wanted to spend meaningfully and make sure that I get the value for my money. I understand for this to happen, I needed to know a bit about accounting. Using my basic accounting skills, I started keeping record of how I earn and spend, yeah, it worked, but its very tedious. I did it for many months, then I decided to make a software called SharpAccounting which can be downloaded from www.sharpaccounting.codeplex.com . Using SharpAccounting, I discovered the power of software, this program has really helped my financial life in terms of management. Though its not the best accounting program, but I understand it better because I developed it for the problem I was facing.
People, Companies and Schools pay hell for software, and this is really not going to stop. Computers and Software have come to stay and they are not going away until Christ comes. So, if are a developer, relax, the future is really cool for you. Just become good at software development and a very good company will find you or you will find a good company or still, you can start your own software development business.
I wrote this post based on my experience and research, If you have something to contribute or disagrees with something I wrote in the post, please your comments, corrections, contributions and suggestions are highly welcome. Thanks for your time.
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