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Career
How to Hire Geeks, Brand Your Shop, and Beat the “Talent Shortage”
As a recruiter of software engineers, I hear every day how difficult it is for software companies to find technical…
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Interview Prep For Geeks
Failing an interview due to a lack of qualifications is forgivable, but it is tragic when highly qualified candidates do…
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Software Development
Things Great Engineers (almost) Never Say
My job as a recruiter of software engineers and my 12 years as a user group leader have provided me…
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Disrupt Tech Recruiting II – So You Want Ari Gold?
After publishing How to Disrupt Technical Recruiting – Hire an Agent and reading the subsequent feedback from readers at Hacker…
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How To Disrupt Technical Recruiting – Hire an Agent
A recent anti-recruiter rant posted to a news group and a subsequent commentary on HackerNews got me thinking about the…
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TALK! It’s An Interview, Not An Interrogation
Several times a year I will get a call or email from a hiring manager telling me that an interview…
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Software Development
How Hackers Choose Tools
Recently, a 2001 blog post with the title Java’s Cover written by Paul Graham (of Y Combinator fame) spread across…
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Software Development
Overqualified is Overdiagnosed
I’ve been inspired by comments on prior articles to discuss the sensitive topics of ‘overqualification’ and ageism. My Why You…
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Career
Debate Breakdown – Advice From A JUG Leader
It’s been a week since I posted “Advice From A JUG Leader – Learn a Different Language” and it seems…
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