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I think it is duty of a manager of a company like B&O to experience the products in real and in daily use in order to understand the products and the customers. If top management - and also the board - at B&O was forced to use the BS Moment from day one, I bet it would not take that long time to fix the SW issues. It would also make the management realise the importance of software quality. I hope the new CEO is the right person and can set the right direction. Design is not enough today although it initially is meant to captivate customers interest. Which especially the Harmony does!
On LinkedIn B&O are advertising internships for software developers.
On LinkedIn B&O are advertising internships for software developers.
“Our 2020 spring internships programme for computer science students is now open! Join one of four different software teams developing everything from our next-generation product platforms, to cloud systems, to iOS and Android apps.”
This may be more effective than outsourcing jobs to outside companies? Not a big fan of people working free-of-charge though..
Not a big fan of student coders either, having once worked at a university center that convinced itself that instead of doing research it could actually develop product. What a disaster that was. The ONLY way using interns/students can even possibly produce anything is assigning them low level tasks in a rigid software development environment run by a company that knows how to do software, and B&O hasn't demonstrated even a modicum of talent at that.
Not a big fan of student coders either, having once worked at a university center that convinced itself that instead of doing research it could actually develop product. What a disaster that was. The ONLY way using interns/students can even possibly produce anything is assigning them low level tasks in a rigid software development environment run by a company that knows how to do software, and B&O hasn't demonstrated even a modicum of talent at that.
How could it be worse, especially given the price of child labour?
Not a big fan of student coders either, having once worked at a university center that convinced itself that instead of doing research it could actually develop product. What a disaster that was. The ONLY way using interns/students can even possibly produce anything is assigning them low level tasks in a rigid software development environment run by a company that knows how to do software, and B&O hasn't demonstrated even a modicum of talent at that.
How could it be worse, especially given the price of child labour?
You might think that, but based on my experiences you have no idea. 😎 If engineers built buildings the way students write code the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
This may be more effective than outsourcing jobs to outside companies? Not a big fan of people working free-of-charge though..
Does it say these are no pay jobs? Most software development internships pay, and pay well (for an internship). Also, under careful management, interns can definitely contribute to real products. I did. I was also paid well.
This is how companies develop software competence. Augment a competent development team with a few competent interns, and some of these interns (hopefully the best ones) come and work full time after they graduate which yields more competence. Of course, it's also easy to poorly mange this and end up with crap.
Regarding the student jobs. I’ve seen that B&O has been VERY open to student collaboration and fun for many years. It’s a part of the culture to help students and the university world get their hands on experience working with design and software. Nothing new and not to get free work. It’s usually the other way around. Let them get a chance during studies and then hire them when they graduate.
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