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Blind Dating for Geeks: Questions Candidates Should Ask During Interviews
After a few ‘Questions Candidates Ask In Interviews’ themed articles appeared in my Twitter stream, I was reminded of an…
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How Employers Measure Passion in Software Engineering Candidates
Over the past few months I have had some exchanges with small company executives and hiring managers which have opened…
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Why You Didn’t Get the Interview
After reading the tremendous response to Why You Didn’t Get the Job (a sincere thanks to those that read and…
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Why You Didn’t Get the Job
Over the course of my career I have scheduled thousands of software engineering interviews with hundreds of hiring managers at…
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Learn A Different Language – Advice From A JUG Leader
The cry of “Java is Dead“? has been heard for many years now, yet Java still continues to be among…
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What’s Your Geek Number? My Points System To Rate Software Engineers
The ability to quickly and accurately rate the ability of software engineers after reading a résumé and conducting a relatively…
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Why Recruiters Suck, And What You Can Do About It
Question: When is the last time you read a tweet like this? Answer: Never, because it’s never happened. I’m a…
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Stop Crapping on Start-Ups
Michael O. Church recently wrote a thought provoking blog post, “Don’t Waste Your Time in Crappy Startup Jobs“, and the…
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