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Programming Language Job Trends Part 3 – August 2014
After a slight delay we finally get to the third part of the programming language job trends. Today we review Erlang, Groovy, Scala, Lisp,…
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NoSQL Job Trends – August 2014
Yes, it is already September, but I am only a day late for the NoSQL installment of the August job trends. In…
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Programming Language Job Trends Part 2 – August 2014
In part 1 of the programming language job trends, we reviewed Java, C++, C#, Objective C, and Visual Basic. In today’s…
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Programming Language Job Trends Part 1 – August 2014
It is time for the August edition of the programming language job trends! The response to the language list changes…
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The Full-Time Developer ‘Curse’
Some time ago I wrote an article with my advice to (junior) developers about their career. One of the things I…
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How to Negotiate Your Salary
I’m often surprised how many software developers neglect to do any salary negotiations at all or make a single attempt…
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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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The Experience Paradox–How to Get a Job Without Experience
One of the most difficult things about becoming a software developer, is the experience paradox of needing to have 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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