links for 2008-01-15

• Young IT workers disillusioned, hard to hold, survey says – Network World
  “The issue managers are facing is with retention, not hiring. That means the work environment is not living up to the employee’s expectation,”
  (tags: articles business career jobs management IT)
• A farewell to the era of anonymous drinking – The Jem Report
  Essay on privacy issues of drivers license scanning for age verification.
  (tags: identity privacy)
• Getting work done despite the enterprise – (37signals)
  “Even in the most stuffy, old-school bureaucratic enterprises there are great people who just want to get work done. And doing so often means looking past the enterprisey systems and procedures mandated by corporate IT. Accenture is calling this phenomeno
  (tags: 37signals culture enterprise it)
• DDJ | Departments | Architecture & Design | Architecture Blog
  Good discussion around SOA and whether it should be tied to the business or whether it is an architectural style. The supporting posts in the first sentence are also interesting.
  (tags: soa services)
• More on Bad SOA Consultants
  “Those of you who think you can learn Zachman or TOGAF and become an architect, are in for a big surprise. It’s not about the modeling; it’s about defining implementation as well. Doing is much more difficult than defining.”
  (tags: consulting soa)

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