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I've took what some people have referred to as "greedy path choices" in my career. Greedy as in an algorithm that favors the shortest route. That doesn't set you up usually to find the best offer because you're thinking…

I've seen some people say that contract-to-hire jobs what incompetent programmers take, but I don't really see the connection between that and your programming ability. Nor how they have a lower bar for hiring than…

I live in a large Midwest city but jobs pertaining to this sector are scarce. My college degree is not strictly programming-related, but it relates partly to data viz. http://artandarthistory.uic.edu/bfa-new-media I…

I often come across advice to have different resumes for different types of companies, and to continue making it up to date. As a living, breathing document, is it a good candidate for applying a VCS to? For instance…

I attended college, but got a BFA in electronic media which 99% of the world doesn't know about or acknowledge, and a lot of the CS basics I have taught myself. So I consider myself in the self-taught group. Nine years…

I'm asking in terms of your own personal, anecdotal experience with being in the hiring process. Is the hiring model at your company more effective when referrals are used? As someone who has no friends/contacts that…

I'm interested in learning how big tech companies like Facebook decide how and when to specialize development teams in order to scale up, from their journey from a few employees to many thousands and a massive market…

I hope I'm not the only one feeling like this. Well, being without a job adds to that, but overall I don't have many connections to other software engineers. I graduated with an art degree with a focus in web design/web…

I'm a professional web developer of 7 years that, if taken at the superficial face value of how many years I've worked, is one that is expected to be mid-level or approaching senior-level. The problem is, my career…