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I know someone in my family who is mostly unhappy with how his life is going. He's been listening and reading to a lot of self-help material. But I think it's to do with his processing of moral dilemmas, and it's…

Of course, the approach to sell your skills at the right value is the ideal approach, but I am not experienced enough to know exactly where my value is skills-wise. So between erring on overselling or underselling, I…

Especially when said power trip comes from a boss or other higher up role at work. Bullying behavior to display power often comes from feelings of inadequacy. Usually feeling that they'll not be well accepted by others.…

How do you make that decision if you're unemployed and your network isn't very strong? Especially if you're in a technically focused career like software development and a lot of employment opportunities might hinge on…

I'd like to know if an org or collective exists that helps new developers with providing the less concrete, less tangible assets that helps people from falling into career traps, the kinds of traps that make…

Currently, the common method in cold applications is to use online job platforms that hosts thousands of job listings and collect millions of applications. Most of the time, applicants are manually picking out the jobs…

Or were they already dying out on their own? I remember Westwood being especially controversial. It's now been closed for years. So has ITT Tech, another big one. Yes, I know bootcamps are also for profit, but maybe…

The Expert Beginner was in part popularized by this Erik Deitrich article: https://daedtech.com/how-developers-stop-learning-rise-of-the-expert-beginner/ It feels like it could be a 2-parter, with a follow-up describing…

I've been thinking about the phrase "time in the market beats timing the market." Not just with investing, but also in career management. After all, that also involves trying to get a greater return on investing your…

My parents are very blue collar and not from higher education (they haven't even completed their equivalent of high school) but what I share from them is that my outlook on work. I just treat my developer jobs as just…

With students, it's recommended to take an internship before going into their first full-time job for a career. But such a path is less probable for a non-student. Ironically, the self-taught person is expected to apply…

As a hypothetical, imagine that you are 40, and you are strapped for cash. No retirement funds or other accounts other than a checking account, and you are collecting unemployment. Your first priority may be to get a…

Job markets can be soul-crushing for inexperienced people and people on the bottom, but it doesn't have to be. What are the job markets and industries that have been on the up-and-up for inexperienced people- the ones…

People who say they don't do programming outside of work hours, I'm kind of surprised at them. I was thinking that I needed to in order to stay on top with marketable skills. But if you don't make software on the side…

I am thirty seven years old who has been in the field for 11 years on-and-off. This just gives you only an idea of when I started. I have experience in writing web software for various commercial applications. I don't…

I have worked for digital agencies in three instances in my career. I think they are a nice easy way to get your foot in the door and learn how to be self-sufficient because you're required to. I have been exposed to…

Freelancers, have you done any marketing just through these two channels? And what has worked for you? I've been freelancing on and off for about 4 years now. Usually it's more famine than feast, but I had a consistent…

And why or why not? I'm still a bit confused as to where exactly do these agencies fall in as an industry. Ostensibly they seem like a software company, in that their main source of revenue from building websites or…

This question can apply to any theoretical situation with a person that describes the above. Their past experience is mostly relevant to the jobs they interview for. But for some reason, despite demonstrating knowledge…

I've seen people speculate if they've been pigeonholed in their career, in terms of being stuck with certain technlogy stacks, or tools, or a type of industry. I wonder about something else, if you can get pigeonholed…

This is something that I have just thought about today. Is it probable, or even possible, to get to a point you want to be in your career in places and positions that normally take people years of networking and…

Basically any tech jobs that normally are filled through an interviewing process, but aren't in some case. In my experience I have only seen non-interview hiring in MLM sales jobs, simply due to their high turnaround…

I'm without work and am looking for another programming job but it's not something that really comes easily for me. To keep fresh on my tech skills I work on side projects. I also know I have to work on my interviewing…

And make sure no one gets left out? A hard lesson I learned over time is that ignoring your network, or avoiding activities related to networking can have an insidious effect on your career. After graduating I had no…