Imagine the scenario: you are unemployed and you get an interview. During the interview you say you are not working in any company at the moment but you are working on personal dev projects. As the title says, I just want to know if companies take it in consideration or just may think "he's saying that because is not working". Even if...
I've kind of asked this before but I don't think I asked it properly, so I'm changing it up and hopefully I should get better responses. I'd like to change the nature of my day job, Rails, with something that requires more thinking, something that requires math hopefully. I'd really like for the change to be gradual. That would help my ...
Hi Stackoverflowers! I am planning to write the SCJP exam soon, and I wonder if that will be helpful to get Graduate/Junior Java Programmer job. Exam seems to be easy to pass for some people. What is the minimum scope of knowledge to start thinking about career in Java field? Do you think that SCJP will be enough to dive in to Java wo...
I have recently been given the opportunity to move from large scale server development to UI development (applications on handheld devices etc) and am trying to find the pros and cons of each world before making a final decision. The general impression I get is that server development allows for a wider range of languages and technologi...
HI , I am a PHP developer. I keep getting told by a friend who works as a service delivery consultant to move into SharePoint. My question is if I have no experience in .Net would it be hard for me to move into SharePoint? So should I learn .Net then move into SharePoint? ...
I am interested in Finance and Investment, but I think I will keep on the software developer track in the future several years. Is it worthwhile to get a CFA certificate or simply grab some books to learn about it? Will it add up to a software developer's career? For future career, I am targeting development management, architect ...
I am currently looking for entry level .NET developer positions, and I was contacted by a company today that wants to schedule a "Programmer's Logic Test" that is mainly sequence logic and math but no coding. What is the best way to prepare for such a test, if there is a best way? ...
To expand on my previous question from here: UI Development vs Server Side Development As a career move, between the choices of server sided Erlang development and UI development (especially for handheld devices), what are the pros and cons as a careerwise decision? They both seem to me as very relevant in their respective areas. ...
Recently, I have been reading job listings. I have found that there are many who are looking for "strong candidates with server side development". I am primarily a C++ developer for the Window platform. What do the listings mean? Software using the client-server architecture? And if so, are there common complete frameworks for develop...
I read somewhere the following statement: In Information Technology related jobs 60% of learned knowledge is not useful after one and a half years. I'm not sure if I remember numbers correctly (but I think they are close to original) and the author of this theorem. Also I'm not sure if this was about general IT knowledge or domain...
Are there any schools that have programs focusing on Augmented Reality and Computer Vision? Edit - Looking for a Masters program ...
I'm going through a phase where I'm not being productive at all. I find it hard to justify to myself getting paid six figures to sit in front of my computer and act busy. Management is completely disengaged, and the users as well. What do you do in this type of situation? I've taken to learning some deeper aspects of .Net and softwar...
I really would like to learn how to attack problems of scale. Of course, the best way to tackle this is to get a job where I can deal with those sorts of issues. But they're apparently not terribly easy to get. Obviously, I don't have any way to make any services that are going to handle millions of requests a day without a large inve...
I am looking for a book that covers how to do freelance as a web developer. I know there are many general freelance books out there, but I am looking for a freelance book that is somewhat focused on freelancing as a web developer. Some of things I am looking for in the book are: Examples of Contracts and Terms & Conditions related to...
I have seen questions on SO regarding volunteering for potential employers or volunteering to help out on open source projects. But what about putting your IT skills to use at traditional non-profit organizations as a volunteer? I would like to volunteer some time to a worthwhile cause in 2010, but am having a hard time finding organiz...
Hi All, I am currently working as a software developer mainly coding in PHP & JS at the current job. I have about 2 years of experience, mostly in web development and i am trained in Java. Have some basic work experience in Struts. I recently have 2 job offers. Both are respectable companies with leaders in their industry. IT & Logisti...
As a student who's done an internship at a Silicon Valley company(non-financial), I'm curious to know what it's like working for a financial company doing software development. I'd expect the hours to be longer, and the pay to be higher. Specifically, I have the following questions: What's the work/life balance really like? Are you exp...
Which of the .NET 3.5 namespaces is the most underutilized yet contains some of the classes and methods considered "must-know" for every .NET developer? ...
I've been working with .net since 2001, and I am considering making a move into the java space. I find that java has so many more mature tools (hibernate is more mature, spring framework, established patters/designs, containers, distributed cache frameworks, etc etc.) I have been doing .net, and just recently I have been getting into d...
I had this discussion with a manager in my company. I tried to explain to him the difference between simply writing code that solves a problem and doing actual engineering work where a modification is thought over in the context of a bigger picture. Now this manager has a BA in CS under his belt, so I was very surprised to encounter such...