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Independent Contracting: How to Get There
The concept of self-employment is appealing for many technologists, but the path to getting there isn’t always clear. Independent contractors may cite several attributes of…
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Exploding Job Offers and Multiple Offer Synchronization
A recent post by Y Combinator’s Sam Altman, Exploding Offers Suck, detailed his distaste for accelerators and venture capitalists who pressure entrepreneurs…
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How To Get a Job in a Different City
There are subtle nuances to job searches outside of the local area. Unless a candidate is considered superlative, non-local applicants are…
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Who Needs Side Projects?
The topic of side projects or personal projects for software professionals (commonly in the form of mobile apps, websites, various GitHub repos,…
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But I’m negotiable
I review many emailed job applications each week that include a salary expectation, usually in the form of “seeking $X,000 per year“. Some continue with a…
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How to Evaluate Job Offers
At some point in a career, many will be in a position to decide between multiple job offers from different companies –…
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So You Want to Use a Recruiter Part III – Warnings
This is the final installment in a three-part series to inform job seekers about working with a recruiter. Part I was “Recruit…
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So You Want to Use a Recruiter Part II – Establishing Boundaries
This is the second in a three-part series to inform job seekers about working with a recruiter. Part I was “Recruit Your Recruiter”…
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So You Want to Use A Recruiter Part I – Recruit Your Recruiter
This is the first in a three-part series to inform job seekers about working with a recruiter. Part II is “Establishing Boundaries”…
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