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iDempiere vs ADempiere

iDempiere (OSGi + ADempiere) was originally started by Low Heng Sin (one of the Top Contributors in ADempiere) at July 2010 as his personal project. iDempiere was based on ADempiere 360 LTS. The main purpose of iDempiere is to improve ADempiere in a technical way, so that iDempiere is expected to be more modular and easier to maintain on a grander scale. You can read some of those improvements in here.

What about OSGi? It's simply a module system and service platform for Java. You can find a great introduction about OSGi in this free chapter of 'OSGi in Depth' ebook.

If you are become so curious about iDempiere, and want to try it by yourself, you can get the binary (executable files) of iDempiere pre-beta (released on December 2010) in here. You can also find more info about that release in here.

--- The Other Factor that Amplifies the iDempiere Development...

Actually, there is other factor that makes iDempiere's development becomes faster than ADempiere. Just take a look at these two screenshots. The first one below is the screenshot of my clone of iDempiere's repository which I had just updated on February 3rd, 2012.

And the second one below is the screenshot of my clone of ADempiere's repository which also I had just updated on February 3rd, 2012. You can see from the date that iDempiere's development is faster than ADempiere, and dominated by the dynamic duo, Carlos Ruiz and Low Heng Sin, two of the Top Contributors in ADempiere.

There is indeed something 'political' happens in ADempiere community that makes Carlos Ruiz (and might also other ADempiere contributors) feels very uncomfortable. Especially when Carlos has some proofs that ADempiere 370 LTS (latest version) is actually an illegal copy from his development branch, named ADempiere GlobalQSS 3.6.1 (GlobalQSS is his company's name). That leads to some 'chaoses' in here, here, and here. And in the end, Carlos Ruiz is decided to move to iDempiere and merges his ADempiere GlobalQSS 3.6.1 to iDempiere.

So finally, there are three of ADempiere's Top Contributors who had moved to iDempiere, which are: Low Heng Sin, Carlos Ruiz, and Redhuan (a.k.a Red1, a former ADempiere leader). Please note that you can also find some more information about iDempiere on Red1's forum, the same place where ADempiere was first born.

--- Wait a Minute... Are They Really Abandoning ADempiere?

Not really, because Red1 had said on his blog that he and Carlos are actually not abandoning ADempiere. In fact, Carlos still holds www.adempiere.com while Red1 still holds www.adempiere.org. Red1 said that someday they shall return when 'the poison' has been removed, either by way of fresh elections or by a popular grassroots uprising.

--- [ Updated on February 6th, 2012 ]

From the conversation below, you can see that Red1 had stated that: 1. iDempiere is actually expected to be the next ADempiere, which is ADempiere 4.0. 2. The migration point for iDempiere is ADempiere 360 LTS or ADempiere GlobalQSS 361. You can find the rest of that conversation in here.

And for the smooth transition from ADempiere to iDempiere, Red1 had referred me to this link. Just check that out, dudes!

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#iDempiere #ADempiere

Quick Overview of ADempiere Concept

For those who wants to learn about ADempiere, understanding the key concept is very important. Because it will speeds up your overall learning progress.

So, here is a quick overview of ADempiere concept, as an ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram), just for your convenience. Please read the ERD flow, from the bottom to the top, to understand it.

As you can see from the ERD above, there are some key Entities which I want to explain to you, as simple as possible.

--- 1. BUSINESS PARTNER - Table C_BPartner with Primary Key C_BPartner_ID. - Business Partner is anyone with whom you transact. - It can be a Customer, a Vendor, an Employee, a combination of Customer and Vendor, etc.

--- 2. BUSINESS PARTNER RELATION (optional) - Table C_BP_Relation with two important columns: ~ C_BPartner_ID which refers to a Business Partner. ~ C_BPartnerRelation_ID which refers to another Business Partner. - It allows you to define Relations between Business Partners. - For examples: it can defines who receives Invoices for Shipments, or who pays for Invoices, etc.

--- 3. BUSINESS PARTNER GROUP (optional) - Table C_BP_Group with Primary Key C_BP_Group_ID. - It allows you to define the Accounting Parameters at Group level. - If necessary, then you can make any modifications at Business Partner level.

--- 4. ORGANIZATION - Table AD_Org with Primary Key AD_Org_ID. - Organization is a legal entity or sub-unit for which documents & transactions are processed. - For examples: physical locations like offices, company branches, shops, factory locations, etc.

--- 5. ORGANIZATION TYPE (optional) - Table AD_OrgType with Primary Key AD_OrgType_ID. - It allows you to categorize your Organizations just for Reporting purposes.

--- 6. CLIENT - Table AD_Client with Primary Key AD_Client_ID. - Client is the highest level of an independent business entity. - Each Client will have one or more Organizations reporting to it. - In most cases, Client is the name of a company who uses ADempiere. - And each Client defines its own Accounting Parameters, which are: Accounting Schema, Tree Definition, and Non Monetary UoM (Unit of Measure).

--- SUMMARY Finally, in order to give you more overview about what I had just explained, just run this query:

And here is the result...

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INDEX

iDempiere Posts 1. iDempiere vs ADempiere

--- ADempiere Posts 1. Introduction 2. Concept 3. Business Model 4. Financial Report 5. Purchasing 6. Source Code

--- Human Resources Posts 1. The Ideal New Hire 2. How to Deal with ‘Coder vs Customer’ Case 3. Gaji Programmer di Indonesia *most retweeted post*

--- Freeware Posts 1. Free Mac Apps for Your Daily Use 2. The Legendary Transport Tycoon Deluxe

--- Linux Posts 1. How to Easily Create a Bootable USB for Oracle Linux

--- All Posts 1. All Posts on Twitter 2. All Posts on Facebook

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Purchasing in ADempiere

ADempiere supports several Purchasing functions which are included in the 'Requisition-to-Invoice' menu. And here's an overview to get you more familiar about Purchasing in ADempiere.

As you can see from the picture above, there are so many optional steps in ADempiere, which it makes ADempiere is so flexible. You can make those optional steps become mandatory by simply implementing a SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) at your company.

--- STEP-1: CREATING REQUISITION For example, let's say there's a company named "GardenWorld" which has a branch named "HQ". If HQ wants to show an intent to purchase some products or services, then HQ should creates a Requisition first.

This Requisition contains two Products from the same Business Partner, which is the "Tree Farm Inc.". The first Product is the "Oak Tree":

And the second Product is the "Plum Tree":

--- STEP-2: CREATING PURCHASE ORDER After completing the Requisition, then HQ can automatically generates the PO (Purchase Order) from that Requisition by using a Process named "Create PO from Requisition".

Because only one Business Partner is involved, so this Process will only generates one PO only. As you can see from the picture below, the PO has the Document Number of "800006".

Then open the Window "Purchase Order" to see the generated PO:

--- STEP-3: CREATING RECEIPT Go to Window "Material Receipt", create a new Record, then use a Button named "Create Lines From" to generate some Receipt lines from PO lines.

By using Button "Create Lines From", the Matching between each Receipt line and PO line is done automatically. So you don't have to manually match it.

--- STEP-4: CREATING INVOICE Finally, you can create an Invoice based on that Receipt (and vice versa). Just use a button named "Generate Invoice From Receipt" to do that, but the Document Status of your Receipt has to be "Completed" first.

--- Please note that this article is simply an overview, not a detailed tutorial. So for better result in understanding Purchasing in ADempiere, you should try it for yourself by installing ADempiere on your computer.

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#ADempiere

ADempiere Financial Reports

ADempiere can help any organizations to analyze their business by producing Financial Reports such as: Balance Sheet, Income Statement (Profit and Loss Statement), Trial Balance, etc.

And right now I just want to share a little bit about the new optional component that composes the Financial Report, which is the Report Cube.

--- But first, lets compare these two version of Accounting Fact tables:

..:: Accounting Fact tables in ADempiere 342s (old) ::..

..:: Accounting Fact tables in ADempiere 370LTS (new) ::..

As you can see, there is a new table called Fact_Acct_Summary (Accounting Fact Summary) which has function to speed up financial reporting by: 1. Providing a generic means of precalculating summary data for use in financial reports. 2. Creating a user customizable "materialized view" of the Fact_Acct (Accounting Fact) table. And why this table is needed, anyway? because the Fact_Acct (Accounting Fact) table can be very slow to run if there are a large number of facts! But what about the old Fact_Acct_Balance (Accounting Fact Balance) table? This table did not offer much improvement as this table typically contained about 70% the number of rows of the original Fact_Acct (Accounting Fact) table.

--- USING REPORT CUBE FOR FINANCIAL REPORT Step-1: Creating Report Cube - Create a new record on window Report Cube. - Select an accounting Calendar. - Select any accounting Dimensions that are required for reporting. - Multiple Cubes can be defined for different Calendars or Dimensions. - The more Cubes there are, the more overhead in calculating the summary data.

Step-2: Calculating Report Cube - Start a process on form Recalculate Cube to populate the summary data. - It calculates summary data based on selected Report Cube. - It must be run manually prior to reporting. - It deletes the existing summary data for each Cube and recalculates from scratch.

Step-3: Creating Financial Report - Create a new record on window Financial Report. - If Report Cube is selected, pre-summarized data is obtained from the Report Cube. - If not, the report runs directly off the Fact_Acct (Accounting Fact) table.

--- So here is the output, a Financial Report based on a Report Cube:

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ADempiere Business Model

An ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) product is rarely implemented by the end users directly. They usually search for help of ERP Consultants, especially for the more technical parts, but often also for improving their business process aspects.

ADempiere is one of the leading open source ERP which is developed and maintained by the ADempiere community. For more info about ADempiere, just check this one out.

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And if you're interested in making a living from ADempiere (or from other open source products), here are some usable tips:

--- STEP-1: DEFINE YOUR TARGET MARKET

Based on this article, the advantages of using OSS (Open Source Software) for business are: 1. Source Code is Freely Available End users can modify and extend the software by themself (increased flexibility). 2. No Vendor (Consultant) Lock-in If end users can't extend it by themself, they can hire any Consultants (more freedom). 3. No License Fees End users will only have to pay for the Consultant's service-based fees only (lower cost). Based on that advantages, your main target market is companies which are cost conscious and look for independence, which is the SME (Small and Medium Enterprises).

--- STEP-2: HOW TO MAKE MONEY

There are several ways of charging end users and making decent incomes for you. And this article written by Jorg Janke (Compiere founder) has some nice references about that.

--- SERVICE-BASED MONETIZATION: 1. Consulting Providing overview about the benefits and challenges of using the software to the end users. 2. Software & Database Migration Migrating from the legacy system, upgrading to the latest version of the software, etc. 3. Installation & Implementation Installing the software and then implement it based on the proposed solution. 4. Customization & Development Customizing some settings on the software, developing some extra functionalities by using the software as the platform, etc. 5. Performance Tuning Maximizing the overall performance of the software with some extra tuning. 6. Training Providing functional or technical training, as an eLearning (online) or in a classroom (offline). 7. Functional Support Providing private and guaranteed responses to the end users, so that they don’t have to search in the support forum. 8. Technical Support (Maintenance) Providing some bug fixes and patches for the software, maintaining the server, etc. 9. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) Leasing some infrastructures for hosting the software with a subscription payment model. 10. Subcontracting Doing some tasks for the main contractor (project owner).

--- PRODUCT-BASED MONETIZATION: 1. SaaS (Software as a Service) Providing a cloud-based (internet-based) ERP software with a subscription payment model. 2. Product Add-Ons / Extensions Developing some modules that give extra functionalities to the software, and sold it as a commercial extensions. 3. Service-Pack Providing some cumulative bug fixes for a specific version of the software, and sold it as a commercial patches. 4. Documentation Providing commercial User Guides, Functional Documentations, or even Technical Documentations, because most of open source products are lack of completed and updated documentations. You can provide them as physical books or as eBooks, with the option of buying a single copy or by using a subscription-based model.

*click on the image to see the source*

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How to Easily Create a Bootable USB for Oracle Linux

This time, I just want to install Oracle Linux on my old laptop. But because my old laptop's DVD-drive is not functioning at all, so I decided to install that Oracle Linux via a Bootable USB Flash Drive. --- What is Oracle Linux anyway? I'll explain more about that later in my next post. So stay tuned. And right now I just want to show you how easy to create a bootable USB for Oracle Linux. Note that this method can also be applied for other variants of Linux. --- The easiest way to create a bootable USB is by using UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer). It's a free and open-source app that can create a live USB systems. So let me explain it in a step-by-step style. --- Step-1: Download Oracle Linux Oracle Linux can be freely downloaded through Oracle's E-delivery service, and can be deployed and distributed without cost. The source code is available for download too. So for my old laptop, I choose the latest Oracle Linux for a 32 bit processor. --- Step-2: Download UNetbootin UNetbootin is freely available for Mac OS, Windows, or Linux. You can also download the source code in here. --- Step-3: Use UNetbootin to Create a Bootable USB for Oracle Linux As you can see, officially UNetbootin is still not supported for Oracle Linux. So you just have to pick the best possible settings ;) Hint: Oracle Linux is also derived from RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), just like CentOS. --- Step-4: Verify the Process is Done Successfully by Viewing Files on your USB And that should look like this. --- Step-5: Testing that Bootable USB on a Laptop You should see some pictures similar to these.

--- Step-6: Installing Oracle Linux Finally, you're ready to proceed to this article :D

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#Linux

Archived Source Code of ADempiere 370 LTS

This is the source code of the latest ADempiere version, ADempiere 370 LTS, in 7z format (archived in an ultra high compression ratio). You will need this source code if you want to make a modification to ADempiere 370 LTS in code level. Source Code Link: j.mp/ad370src Password: ariefwn.tumblr.com

Don't forget to copy the password 'ariefwn.tumblr.com', and then paste it on the archive (when prompted). Please note that you can also paste that password on your browser too... :D

The source code was downloaded (using MacHg), archived (in 7z format), and uploaded (to MegaUpload) at 22-September-2011.

--- But if you only need the binary, you can have it in here. Binary Link: j.mp/ad370bin You only need the binary if you just want to run ADempiere, or just want to change the setting in ADempiere.

--- And here is the full story... Actually, the process of downloading the source code of ADempiere 370 LTS via Mercurial is not a big deal if you have a reliable internet connection. But in the contrary, if you have an internet connection that slow and unreliable (sometimes disconnected by itself), the process of downloading that source code (via Mercurial command line) can be frustrating enough, because it keeps rolling back. That's why I have an initiative to compress that source code as small as possible, and then I share it via MegaUpload. Why MegaUpload? Because it's free and reliable enough for my slow and unreliable internet connection.

--- Here is the basic command if you want to download the source code via command line. Syntax: hg clone [Option] [Source] [Destination] Usage: hg clone -v http://adempiere.hg.sf.net:8000/hgroot/adempiere/adempiere#adempiere370lts _Ad370LTS

Explanation: ~ hg clone = A command to create a copy of an existing repository (Source) to a new directory (Destination). ~ [Option] -v = verbose, enable additional output. ~ [Source] = http://adempiere.hg.sf.net:8000/hgroot/adempiere/adempiere#adempiere370lts ~ [Destination] = For example, the copy will be saved to a folder named '_Ad370LTS'.

The drawback is the information shown is very minimum. So I don't know whether my download is still running or not. If using this command line, I usually stuck at the 'adding file changes' part (waiting so long but nothing seems happen).

--- Then I try to download it via Mercurial GUI Client because it more informative. Which is very important, because I know the progress of my downloading process. I'm using MacHg, as a standalone app Mercurial GUI Client. But if you are using Windows, I think you better use TortoiseHg because it will install itself as a Windows Shell Extension. Or if you are an Eclipse lover, just use this plugin.

Okay, finally I'm success in downloading that source code to a folder named '_Adem370LTS_Mercurial'. The size is 1.33 GB.

Then I archived it with an ultra high ratio compression (I choose 7z format which is also open source and free). I use Keka to compress (and to extract) in 7z format. For other operating system, you can download the 7z File Archiver in here.

After I archived it in 7z format (output file: '_Adem370LTS_Mercurial.7z'), the size reduced significantly to 831.1 MB.

But when I uploaded it to MegaUpload, the calculated size is 792.6 MB.

Then when I'm trying to download it (for testing purpose), the calculated size is 793 MB... :D

Alternatively, you can use StuffIt Expander (free software) to extract that 7z format (and also other archive formats) in your Mac.

--- *Bonus Info* If you want to download the source code of the previous version of ADempiere (ADempiere 360 LTS) you can simply download it as a tar ball file in here (the output file will be 'adempiere-adempiere360lts.tar.gz'). But the best option is to download the source code via Subversion (yes, this prior version of ADempiere is still using Subversion, not Mercurial) because you can download it partially. Which I think it is more suitable for an unreliable internet connection. So here is the link for downloading the ADempiere 360 LTS source code via Subversion. https://adempiere.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/adempiere/tags/adempiere360lts/

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#ADempiere

ADempiere & Mercurial

What is ADempiere? It is a free and open-source ERP software, and it started as a fork of Compiere 253b. And since its latest version (ADempiere 370 LTS), it started to use Mercurial as its Revision Control (a.k.a Source Code Management).

What is a LTS (Long Term Support), anyway? It is a version that ADempiere Community expects to be maintained (bugs fixed and released for community usage) at least for a year.

And for your information, ADempiere has already got its mobile web front end. But I think it's still on beta release.

If you want to compare ADempiere to Compiere and Openbravo, just check out this evaluation table (last updated: 10-June-2011). Please note that ADempiere and Openbravo are forks of earlier versions of Compiere, so the core business functions are similar.

What about Mercurial? This cool tutorial by Joel Spolsky is the best place to start. Also don't forget to check out these handy newbie guides.

Need a Mercurial GUI client for your convenience? Please pick freely from this complete list. You can choose to use it as a Standalone App, as a Plugin, or as a Windows Shell Extension.

And finally, here are some well-known projects that use Mercurial as their Distributed Revision Control System. You can see the complete list in here.

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#ADempiere

The Legendary Transport Tycoon Deluxe

I used to play this awesome game frequently when I was in the middle school... :D

Even though this Business Simulation Game is addictive indeed, but it also stimulates my creativity and imagination beyond limits... :P

And now, this awesome game has been extended continuously by the OpenTTD Team, so it has some new cool features, more enhance gaming experience, and many other enhancements. It also becomes free and open-source, has some public servers (for online multiplayer mode), supports multi-languages, and also supports multi-platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, etc).

Dudes, if you're a complete newbie to this, you should check this out... :D

Finally, if you enjoy playing OpenTTD (Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe) and would like to help support its development, please consider donating... :)

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#Freeware

Free Mac Apps for Your Daily Use

As a Multi-Talented Geek (Software Engineer, System Administrator, Googling Specialist, Pro Gamer, Whatever), I use some cool free apps for my daily geeky missions. And right now, I just wanna share some of those apps with you. Please note that some of these apps are also Open-Source and Multi-Platform. So let's check it out, because these apps could be extremely useful for your missions too... :D --- 1. Perian (Mac Only) I use this plug-in for my QuickTime, so I can watch various video format on it. So far, I think QuickTime is still the best video player on Mac.

--- 2. VLC Media Player (Multi-Platform) Alternatively, you can use this free and open-source app to play your videos.

--- 3. Subler (Mac Only) I use this simple app to put a srt subtitle file on my mp4 video.

--- 4. Guidance (Mac Only) As a Muslim, I found that this app is very useful. It's simply an Islamic prayer time notifier.

--- 5. Alarm Clock (Mac Only) A free and highly customizable alarm for my daily use.

--- 6. MindNode (Mac Only) An elegant, free, and simple-to-use app for mind-mapping your ideas or plans.

--- 7. Total Terminal (Mac Only) Cool plug-in for your Terminal that makes it slides down when you press a hot-key. Just like the Quake Console.

--- 8. OpenOffice (Multi-Platform) This is a free and open-source Office Suite for Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Graphics, Databases, and more.

--- 9. SnapNDrag (Mac Only) I use this free app to take a screenshot on my Mac, then I just drag off the result to the Finder.

--- 10. Folx (Mac Only) My favorite Download Manager and Torrent Client. But unfortunately, the newest version is not free anymore.

--- 11. AppTrap (Mac Only) Sometimes an app has some associated files hidden somewhere on your Mac. So I use this free and simple app to solve that problem.

--- 12. Trash It! (Mac Only) To force-empty stubborn items on your Trash. Enough said.

--- 13. Sophos Anti-Virus (Mac Only) Yes, I know that Mac is safe enough. And even if you run Windows on your Mac (dual-boot using BootCamp), your Mac area will become read-only. So, I simply use it as a preventive action.

--- 14. Chicken VNC Client (Mac Only) I use this app to remotely control another computer with a VNC Server installed. But if you wanna put a VNC Server on your Mac, you can use Vine VNC Server.

--- 15. ZenMap (Multi-Platform) It's a GUI frontend for NMap (Network Mapper). Whereas NMap is a free and open-source utility for network exploration or security auditing.

--- 16. FileMerge (Mac Only) This free and simple app (included in the XCode) is my favorite File Comparison Tool. Alternatively, you can use KDiff3 or DiffMerge on your Mac.

--- 17. Text Wrangler (Mac Only) I think it's simply a Notepad++ for Mac, and I used it daily. Alternatively, you can use Komodo Edit on your Mac.

--- 18. Eclipse (Multi-Platform) This is my main tool for Software Development with some additional plug-ins already installed. Alternatively, you can use STS (customized Eclipse) or NetBeans on your Mac.

--- And finally... :D Actually it's very easy to find free apps for your Mac. Just click 'App Store...' menu on your Mac.

And then search for apps in the 'Top Free' category... :D

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#Freeware

Gaji Programmer di Indonesia (2011)

Kali ini saya nulis pake Bahasa Indonesia (bukan ejaan formal), sesuai target pembaca untuk tulisanku yang satu ini :D Referensinya berasal dari suatu diskusi di milis StartupLokal berikut ini.

--- Narasumber: Adi Lokasi Kerja: Bali "Di Bali, gaji Junior Programmer sekitar Rp 3 juta... level Menengah Rp 3 juta s/d Rp 7 juta... sedangkan Senior Programmer Rp 7 juta s/d Rp 12 juta..."

--- Narasumber: Hermawan Lokasi Kerja: Jakarta *kemungkinan besar* :P "Freshgrad di tempat saya bisa dapet Rp 5 juta... sedangkan Senior Programmer bisa dapet Rp 11 juta... Dan karena kantornya berupa rumah besar... plus boleh menginap disitu... maka banyak pegawai yang nginep... *gratis kah?* :D Jadi bangun tidur... mandi... langsung duduk di meja kerja masing-masing..." :D

--- Narasumber: Setya Lokasi Kerja: Bandung "Kalo di iCreativeLabs, gaji terendah Rp 1,5 juta... sedangkan per orang rata-rata digaji Rp 2,75 juta... tapi ada juga yang lebih, tergantung skillnya..."

--- Narasumber: Budi (owner Software House dengan pola Outsourcing) Lokasi Kerja: Bandung "Pada 3 bulan pertama: - Magang dapet Rp 700 ribu/bulan... sedangkan Freshgrad (D3/S1) mulai dari Rp 1 juta/bulan... - Plus tambahan fasilitas: Transport... Makan Siang... Asuransi Kesehatan... dll... Setelah 3 bulan mulai naik: - Gaji rata-rata Programmer = Rp 2,5 juta/bulan... - Paling tinggi dapet Rp 10 juta/bulan..."

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Mari kita berikan applause atas sharing terbuka mereka... :D

--- Tapi ternyata gaji besar bukanlah satu-satunya faktor penentu apakah suatu pegawai akan loyal atau tidak lho... :D Karena menurut Budi, faktor yang paling penting yaitu Lingkungan Kerja yang Nyaman & Cocok bagi sang pegawai. Mari kita simak penuturan Budi berikut ini: "Di tempat saya: - Programmer bisa nyambi sekolah lagi (didukung). - Programmer dibayari untuk ikut training (plus sertifikasi). - Semua ikut dalam RUPS (Rapat Umum Pemegang Saham) - dll... Saya punya Programmer yang sebelumnya sebulan bergaji hampir Rp 10 juta di Jakarta... lalu dia pindah ke tempat kami meski gajinya cukup berkurang... tapi saya ijinkan dia mengajar di sebuah sekolah IT... :) Ada juga teman saya yang menggaji tinggi pegawainya... tapi kemudian ada tawaran lain yang lebih besar... maka pegawai tsb keluar... karena motivasi utamanya memang gaji..." :D

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#Human Resources

How to Deal with 'Coder vs Customer' Case

There are some good advices in this article for Software Architects and also for Software Developers (aka Coders).

And for me, the most 'eye-catching' advice is on the 'Dealing with Developers' part. So let's just follow this simple flow, shall we? :D

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if ( Too Much Control on Developer ) then Developers = Unhappy else if ( Too Little Control on Developer ) then Customers = Unhappy ... if ( Developers or Customers are Unhappy ) then Project = Failed! :D

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And according to that article, the key role for maintaining the balance between 'Coder vs Customer' case is the Architect.

So please pick your Architect wisely, because IMHO, Developers tend to respect only Architect who is also a Developer, or at least an ex-Developer.

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Wow, what a smile... @_@

Well... that's Jade Raymond... the most gorgeous geek on earth... :D

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#Human Resources

The Ideal New Hire

Recently I had read a nice article by Joel Spolsky about the ideal criteria of a new hire should be. And my favorite part is... In principle, you’re looking for people who are: 1. Smart, and 2. Get things done. People who are Smart but don’t Get Things Done often have PhDs and work in big companies where nobody listens to them because they are completely impractical. And people who Get Things Done but are not Smart will do stupid things, seemingly without thinking about them, and somebody else will have to come clean up their mess later.

Nice statements, huh... :D

But what if you meet that kind of girl? Just hire her, would you? :D

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