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Computer Science Education in High Demand
The growing need for qualified computer programmers and the availability of free, online education programs is what inspired today’s post by Olivia Leonardi. She is looking to add ...

Mobile Development Job Trends – 2012-08
Today we have the last installment of the job trends posts, mobile development job trends. Everyone is talking about mobile development because it really is the future of interaction. ...

Programming Language Job Trends – 2012-08
It is a little late, but it is time for the summer edition of the job trends for traditional programming languages. The languages in this update have not changed for a while as we ...

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 to have ruffled at least a few feathers in the Java community. As the ...

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 article I wrote two years ago called ‘Best Questions To ...

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 my eyes to what I consider a relatively new wrinkle in the software ...

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 shared the post) I realized that many of the reasons referenced were ...

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 a wide array of companies and organizations. I have ...

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 the most used languages/ecosystems. I am not here to declare that Java ...

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 brief screening (as compared to full interviews) is ...


