Software, Software Development and other Atrocities

I’ve done software development most of my professional life. Now I am doing a PhD in the same topic. It is a challenge, but it is also rewarding. When I started I had no clue about how to develop an idea worthy for a PhD nor did I have a clue about how to investigate it. Thankfully, I found my way through it. I decided to study the social aspects of business organisations that affect the process of software development. To do this I designed a qualitative research. As I am very fond of internet and computers (and not so much of libraries, books and essays), I planned an online ethnography on software developers, where I could chat with peers about their problems at work. Now, I have finished my fieldwork and I am doing data analysis. I guess that it will take me two months or so to finish it. After that I will start to write my thesis.

I will use this blog to tell you about my life as a PhD student, to comment on my findings about complexities in software development and to share my experiences at doing online ethnography.