48: Agency or product?

Is it better to work for a range of clients on projects with short time-frames, or work continuously for one company or a single application?

Show Notes

What are the differences between working at an agency and working "in house" for a single company or product? How much does team size factor into the different experiences that the developers have? And is it an issue of design vs. development, or frontend vs. backend? (Spoilers: no, it isn't) And how important are good project managers? (Spoilers: very) Find out all this and more in this week's fabulous instalment of A Question of Code.

What is A Question of Code?

A newbie coder and a seasoned veteran discuss the questions that always come up when someone begins learning to code.

Ed is looking at getting a career in programming and has been learning to code for just over a year. During this time he’s been building up a stack of questions that keep coming up from other newbie coders. Luckily, he’s got someone he can ask for help: Tom. Tom’s a seasoned coder, having worked in the industry for a few years now and has all the answers Ed needs, or does he?