Career
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Why I Don’t Talk to Google Recruiters
This is a real story, and it’s not only about Google. I’m getting emails from recruiters at Amazon, Facebook, and…
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StackOverflow Is Your Mandatory Tool
I’ve said before that your StackOverflow reputation is very important to us when we make a decision on how much…
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I Can’t Ask Your Salary History? Thanks!
The Mayor of Philadelphia recently signed a measure that would ban Philly employers from asking candidates about their salary history. The…
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16 Don’ts of Career Growth
I get questions like this all the time: How does one become a senior software developer or an architect? How…
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Soft Skills on Technical Resumes
I was in Google Docs collaborating on a resume for a Resume Raiders client the other day when a comment…
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Amend Your Contract To Allow For Side Projects
The other day Joel Spolsky blogged a wonderful overview of the copyright issues with software companies in terms of its…
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How to Pay Programmers Less
To create software, you need programmers. Unfortunately. They are expensive, lazy, and almost impossible to control. The software they create…
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How to Get an Interview at (Almost) Any Company
In my line of work (recruiting, job search coaching, and resume writing) and through my comments on Reddit, I’m often…
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Java Developers and Their Long, Horrible Resumes
Let me start by saying that I consider myself a longstanding friend and ally to the Java community. As some…
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