About Donohue Computer Services

This is not some mega-corporation. It's basically just me, Dick Donohue.
I'm the President and the Janitor. I live in Portage, Michigan. I've been a professional programmer for 27 years; and I've been self-employed for 9 years.

Professional Programming

To me, being a professional programmer means that there are certain obligations that go beyond just getting paid to write programs. A Professional programmer:

• Listens carefully
• Writes programs that meet the clients' needs
• Writes programs that are easy for the next programmer to understand and maintain because the most expensive part of the program is usually the developers' time.
• Understands that the "next programmer" may not be "me"
• Truly puts the client's best interests first
• Accepts criticism gracefully
• Takes personal responsibility for keeping technical skills up-to-date
• Maintains skills on more than one platform (in my case, iSeries, PC, and the web) and can accurately determine the platform(s) to which an application is best suited
• Strives to maintain a high level of technical skills
• Is always learning, and is always sharing what is learned
• Is always honest. Admits when wrong. Admits when he doesn't know.
• Is creative.