Career
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What Programming Language Should I Learn?
Several times a week I am asked by a contact/reader/someone on Reddit for advice on what they should learn next. The…
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Do You Need a Degree to be Hired to Develop Software?
I retweeted a link to Here’s a Thing: There’s No Correlation Between a College Degree and Coding Ability. I was a…
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Stupid Recruiter Tricks, Vol. 1: “Where are you interviewing?”
Anyone who has worked with a recruiter has probably been asked “Where else are you interviewing?” or “What other companies have you applied…
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How to Land a Software Engineering Job?
The other day I read this piece by David Byttow on “How to land an engineering job”. And I don’t…
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7 Tips to Starting a Job Search
Do you have a resolution to find a new job this year? Check out these tips for a better, streamlined…
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How to get a 10,000 points StackOverflow reputation
How it all started In spring 2014, I initiated the Hibernate Master Class project, focusing on best practices and well-established…
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Job Security, Career Stability, and Employability For Startups
I was recently asked to answer a question on Quora about startups and stability, and as I read some of the…
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Job Search Trap: It Doesn’t Matter What I Look Like
If you are a technical person, you probably dress in a casual way for work. I do. When it’s time…
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Career Stagnation – Early Detection and Treatment
Have you ever been on LinkedIn and stumbled on one of their work anniversary announcements? In case you haven’t, they…
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