-
Career
When Job Hopping Goes Wrong
While surfing a thread about a potential job change in Reddit’s /r/cscareerquestions (DISCLOSURE: I’m a mod), I read the following…
Read More » -
Career
The Recruiter Manifesto
It’s no secret that many agency recruiters behave unethically. As much as I enjoy getting paid to help companies grow…
Read More » -
Career
Is Your Employer a “Best Place To Work” For Developers?
Glassdoor recently released their Best Places to Work 2016/Employees Choice Awards, and as you would expect the top of the list…
Read More » -
Career
How to READ a Job Posting
After reading a recent article on DZone about writing developer job postings I started thinking about how job seekers often…
Read More » -
Career
Pythonistas, Rubyists, and Gophers: Hiring Preferences Across Language Camps
For many years I recruited exclusively for clients that were seeking to hire Java developers and architects at all levels.…
Read More » -
Career
The Worst Developer Resume in the World, Redux: Best Practices
Last week I published The Worst Developer Résumé in the World, which resulted in three things. We are not alone – The…
Read More » -
Career
The Worst Developer Resume in the World
As someone who has been recruiting in the software industry for nearly 20 years, I’ve read perhaps tens of thousands…
Read More » -
Career
The “Big 4”, GitHub, Bootcamps, and Rants – Conversations Overheard From the Kids Table
I’ve been on Reddit for the past few years, mostly giving advice in a subreddit (or “sub”) called CS Career…
Read More » -
Career
How Engineers Get Found on LinkedIn (and how to hide)
There are two types of software engineers on LinkedIn: those aggravated by the large volume and poor content of incoming recruiter email, and…
Read More »
