Career
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Why Recruiters Suck, And What You Can Do About It
Question: When is the last time you read a tweet like this? Answer: Never, because it’s never happened. I’m a…
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Stop Crapping on Start-Ups
Michael O. Church recently wrote a thought provoking blog post, “Don’t Waste Your Time in Crappy Startup Jobs“, and the…
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Serious about your software career? Leave your job
I recently resigned my position as senior software engineer and technical lead for a middleware services group at Wells Fargo.…
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