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Programming Language Job Trends Part 2 – February 2014
In part 1 of the programming language job trends, we looked at Java, C++, C#, Objective C, and Visual Basic. In today’s installment, we review…
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Counteroffers, Secrecy, and Fear
Counteroffers are a fairly common occurrence in technology and other competitive job markets, and much of what we think we…
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Programming Language Job Trends Part 1 – February 2014
Yes, it is job trends time again! I am changing the list of languages a bit because I wanted to…
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Building Your Personal Programmer Brand
Just because you’re a software developer doesn’t mean that you don’t have to worry about branding. In fact, if you…
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My advice to (junior) developers about their career
The last couple of months I have met several young developers that either looking for the first job or are…
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Don’t Make Me Read Your Resume (How to Apply to Jobs)
I will read your résumé unless it’s 10 pages, but (just as you didn’t want to write your résumé) I really…
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Would You Hire the CS Class of ’04 Today?
A comment in a Reddit computer science career advice forum got me thinking. There was mention about the high volume…
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Recruiter Job Posts, Explained
Over the years I’ve seen several complaints about the way agency recruiters write job posts, so I thought it might…
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Why You Are Overpaid
I wrote Why You Make Less Money in early 2013, which attempted to account for the many reasons some technology professionals make…
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