Im an enterprise developer mainly focused on Java and .NET at the moment, I have been for around 5 years now, and Ive got a good grasp on the way things work. I'm employed by a consulting firm, and the work I do is quite interesting, however, over the last year/year and a half, I have been thinking about getting into games programming. ...
Are there any developers out there who's primary job description is to write unit tests and build test frameworks for other developers at the company? It would seem to make sense for several reasons. For example, there are companies who are specialists in wind tunnel testing. They have standardized tests that they've created which pro...
I currently work for a huge IT department for the past 2 years. I really would rather be an independant software dev. I'm wondering what would be the best things I need to focus on to work towards this goal? Also, I've been offered a job at a smaller company for slightly more money and I would be abl e to do some side personel projects ...
I've been working in struts2 framework for the past year and a half. As I look around SO it seems like struts2 questions get the least amount of hits. At first I thought it was because the SO community is not much into struts2, but this is the case in other forums as well. Only the struts2 mailing list is pretty active. I think str...
Would a hiring manager at a small-to-medium consulting firm/corporation consider active blogging by a candidate about Programming/software/technology as a positive? Should the candidate disclose this information during the interviews or put it on the resume? Thanks for the answers, So far the views about this topic has been.. Don't m...
If you decided to look for a job in a new city where you have no professional contacts, how would you start? I'm looking to move from New York to Las Vegas, but don't know any professional developers there. I started out trolling DICE for recruiters, but have no idea how to judge the quality of those recruiters or how well-connected the...
In my particular neck of the woods, .NET development is a little dry and low-paying, while is appears Java development is still pretty hot. Contracts are going for very good rates as well. What avenues should I take to parallel my development expertise in DotNet with Java? I'm a senior developer/architect/dba. ...
I am a junior, lone developer at my company. I have some years of experience in other areas of IT, but I am now mostly in a software developer role. I have generated and maintained some simple-yet-efficient applications for a couple of years now, but I realize my skills are still rough and my knowledge not very broad. Having coded befo...
I've been programming off and on since 4th grade (for about 20 years). Technology is one of my passions but after working in the field for a couple years out of High School, I spent nine months and $15,000 getting an accredited certificate in music performance instead of CS. I've been doing lots of self study but I think a CS degree is ...
I have been developing web applications in C# now for ~5 years, and since I started I’ve always wanted to learn c++ and work in a more software orientated role (as opposed to web orientated). I am getting to the point where I feel very comfortable in C# and my learning curve is starting to plateau a little as I start to reach the limits...
I've worked as an engineer in the mobile industry in Silicon Valley for the past 6 years. I've published a short book about Android and I've written code embedded in millions of handsets. If I wanted to diversify or movie into a different field, how would I go about it? I know from experience that large scale web engineers make really...
I have about 1 year professional experience with C# and ASP.NET and now I have a small web application idea I want to implement but I don't want to use ASP.NET to implement it due to hosting fees and other Microsoft corporate yada yada. I want to use python/django to implement this as it is cheaper to host and a good stack to develop o...
Would you rather work for a reputable corporation as an average developer among smart people or work for a medium size company with a small development team but you are invaluable to them? This ofcourse will vary for each person but I'm curious what experienced developers have to say, as this will help me make a career decision. ...
As I will need to leave the place where I'm living now, so probably will become to be a contract worker, does this normal mean you earn less because you are on pay as you done basis? Should I got even higher hour rate as I don't have the pension and benefit scheme from employment? ...
Possible Duplicate: What is your longest-held programming assumption that turned out to be incorrect? What did you once believe (that is topical for SO) that you no longer do? Why did you change your mind? Me: I grew up on C. I thought that pointers – and custom management of assignment sizes and so forth (saving a few bytes...
I have the task to interview and hire a new web programmer for the company I work fo. Apart from the usual questions about previous employment and education, I've been using a SQL evaluation test to evaluate the candidate's technical abilities. For junior developers I ask them to code a simple CRUD page. What do you use as a fast test ...
I've often found myself pondering lately if I should invest some time into learning more about economics and marketing just to better understand arguments of non-technical co-workers. Another benefit is that I would be able to better convey why we should implement a feature in this or that way in a manner that doesn't sound all geeky and...
I'm 44 now and I just love code! And software and programming. And MSDN, and Communication of the ACM and Programmez (French magazine) and Stack Overflow and McConnell, Cwalina/Abrams, J. Skeet and J. Spolsky and... every great post ever made about software development ! Call it a passion... Well, I really love my job and I still don'...
I am trying to research the qualities that an entry level candidate should have when trying for a fulltime IT job. Beacuse when I approach some one (I collected good contacts from my friend/relatives) for a job I dont want to simply ask them "Can you give me a fulltime job?" Instead I am planning to explain them the qualities/aspects tha...
Everywhere I go in my country, all of the programming jobs are plain old maintenance projects, there are no development projects to work on, especially on the Microsoft technology stack (my technology of choice). What should I do, should I migrate to another country and apply for programming jobs or should I stay in my country and foll...