Knowing how to find a good job is an important part of being a programmer. I know it's a good idea to post my resume on different sites like Monster and Dice. I also know that networking is important. But, what I'd really like to know is how everyone feels about using a recruiter (aka headhunter). What are the pros and cons? Is it...
I just had the most ridiculous conversation with a recruiter. A bit about me, I'm a C++ guy that has made a very smooth transition into .NET a couple years ago. I've done some very difficult projects in the past, Fourier transforms, signal processing, physics simulation, , high volume data transactions, etc. Now I applied to a job yeste...
I am a freelancer. I have been working on and off for the past 2 years for a client, through the headhunter who got me the job originally. Over the past two years, I've done about 700+ hours of work for the client. My question is: If I continue to work for this client as I have been, is it reasonable to expect the headhunter to let me ou...
what are the recruiter job posting policies that the mailing lists you belong to use? I belong to a user group that meets in person once a week and also has mailing list. Recently we were getting spammed by a recruiter so the list banned their account. anyone experienced this and if so, how have you handled it? ...
What is there to do when the lead developer is convinced the project will fail? This happened to me recently on a project, and I wound up losing my job, because I spoke up. In a little over a month, I had successfully improved a prototype, using a UI framework I had no prior experience with. So much so in fact, that when demonstrated ...
This probably should've been asked as a followup to my previous question (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1185433/knowledge-and-skills-in-cvs) but I thought I would start afresh. I'm in a situation where I have a CS degree and a years experience however the experience I've gained in this position has been with mostly open source (or ...
I never worked as a subcontractor and don't know the ends and outs. A few days ago I was contacted by a recruiter. He hooked me up with a small company. After a few interviews I come to find out that the recruiter will get paid from the company and I would get paid from the recruiter. So I guess he would be taking a little off the top. A...
Doing the interview round at present, and one place had a 'small test' for candidates. We were asked to write a requirements doc, specs, design doc, test plan, as well as code and build a small web app with database backend, document the tests, and be required to demo it at a future interview. I did some estimates and figured a week if...
So I posted my resume on dice and monster last night and today I've received 5 voicemails and about 6 emails from different recruiters wanting to talk to me. What's the best way to handle this situation. I want to reply to them all of course as I'm very interested in making an imminent job change. Is there some sort of rule of thumb h...