The End of an Era

I saw the news in the technology section of the newspaper this week that Compudigm is no more.

Back in the days when I was a Delphi specialist, not a C# one, I spent a couple of years working for Compudigm as a developer.

I learnt a lot at Compudigm about, well, a lot of things - working with smart people has a way of helping you get smarter yourself.

Even though I've moved on to other things, I've always wanted Compudigm to succeed - not just because there's code of mine that I'd like to see used, but because I've always thought that the seePOWER product was just too cool to fail.

It seems I was wrong.

Five things I learnt at Compudigm:

1. Project managers seldom object to too much information.
2. Sometimes, the Customer is wrong. The trick is in how you tell them.
3. Smart code isn't always enough.
4. The right picture can be worth 1,000,000 data points.
5. Being right isn't enough - you need to be heard too.