Hi everyone! I'm wondering, how do I gain relevant professional experience on Java web programming? It seems to be the requirement for every job ad I see. I currently work as a PHP programmer on a small company. I have no CS degree but I'm doing ok on my job. I spend my free time (and enjoy it) studying Java. After some time I learned S...
I currently work for a Fortune 5 company as a J2EE software developer. I have a job offer that is less hours, less stress and would allow me to have more time to work on things that I want to, such as iPhone development or learning new technologies. The problem though is that this new job is a Hospital MIS department and although I would...
I have an opportunity to make a career move to dba from developer. I graduated college two years ago and enjoy development but I feel like I need to be researching new technologies if I'm going to keep up with the industry. I enjoy development but I also find it fun when trying to come up with complex sql statements. I'm thinking of swit...
One of the most frequent complaints I get is in my attention to detail. For example, I work with a bunch of links (60-70) and have to edit the destination urls, but one or two may be broken. Small percentage, but at this level (junior certified developer on probation), this is not acceptable as this is just basic web development. I have...
I currently work as a PHP/MySQL programmer for a track and tracing company. I love the job and I learn more and more every day. I have a wide range of responsibilities going from programming to application support, stretching out to system administration(Linux) and networking. I already ordered a load of security related books, and the ...
I've recently stumbled upon a site called CodeChef; I must admit that it has peaked my interest. I'm wondering if spending time doing these puzzles (after all, that is what they are), are worth the time for a professional software developer? I'm defining software developer in the context of my current career track. Right now, I develop...
I've been looking at jobs descriptions since I'm graduating soon and looking for a job and what's always coming back - I'm not teaching you anything - is the "N years of experience in this language". It has been discussed in this question that if you work professionally with let's say Ruby for 2 years, but during these two years you als...
Does anyone have recommended websites that have the ability to filter your search by a telecommute option? I know the stackoverflow job site does but I haven't been able to find any others. I live in an area that has few, if any development positions, and am unwilling to relocate at this time. Thanks for the info... ...
This is not a question but more of a discussion. A while ago I ran into a blog post which talked about learning just in time or just in case. It was about three years ago when I just started learning about OO. I have been programming since 1995 in procedural world. Over the last few years fearing my skills are facing Obsolescence, I st...
I am considering working towards a BA in CS. What are the disadvantages of going with distance education? I am willing to work hard and do what it takes to succeed. What do employers generally think of a distance education degree? What schools would you recommend? I am 22 have about two years of self-tought experience in VBA, have done...
I'm a fairly junior engineer (2-3 years exp) about to make the jump from an embedded software environment at a large aerospace/defense company to a position at a smaller, private medical device company working on a large windows application (.NET/C#). The move was more or less inspired out of necessity due to the recession, pay cuts, an...
Many companies require a programmer to have a couple of years of experience before they will consider them for a position. With that in mind what role should experienced/established programmers play in lobbying and "opening doors" for younger developers to help them build experience and grow in their careers? While everyone is in compe...
I am just looking for a good career path and CS/MBA degree sounds great for both development and management jobs. If you have the insight, please help me decide if a CS/MBA degree is worth it. To what kind of career path does it usually lead? Specifically, to what kind of jobs do they lead if one has little work experience? Could it...
I've heard some arguments that doing a correspondence/online university course isn't worthwhile, since employers have a stronger preference for students who have studied at a "real" university (and hopefully a big-name one). My question is - does this apply so much to those such as myself, who are already deep into their career as a dev...
I recently accepted a large project which was basically making a lot of CRUD (create, read, update, delete) pages for the database of a company. The reason the project was large was, there were a lot of tables, and there were a lot of fields in each table. Envisioning that the project will take at least 10 days of work, I quoted appropr...
Given the following time breakdown, should a person have their resume target a developer job, a support job, or something else? 60% of the time is spent supporting existing systems. This could include taking calls from end-users, fixing production issues, etc. 40% of the time is spent doing development activities The development work ...
In tough times it is important to have CV polished by professional. Could anyone recommend a professional and not too expensive IT-related CV editing service in the UK? Thanks in advance ...
There are a lot of positions that are pure SDET positions. I'd be interested to hear from individuals who are or have had experience with SDET or have been at companies that have dedicated SDETs. What is the job like (day to day responsibilities) What kind of code are you writing (i'm assuming mostly unit tests, test runners, test auto...
My line manager (who isn't all that great a programmer at all) frequently says he expects more from me, given my CV. My cv focuses on c#/asp.net, and he has seen some examples of my work on my site. I haven't coded yet in my job, but what coding exercises could I do at home which are short and hard enough to impress my line manager? I ...
Developers aren't common human resources...So Which is the best process to integrate New developers in a small team ? The SMALL team is important, because old developers haven't a lot of time for the integration of new developers ! Thanks for your time ...