I'm wondering if having a blog (with most posts concentrating on computer science/programming) would be a good idea with regards to getting a job. Would a potential employer like to see something like that? What about someone hiring a freelancer? I'd especially appreciate: Responses from people who hire programmers or computer scienti...
Background, Student pursuing BSIT degree, employer expectations, entry level. I would like to solicit opinions from this forum as to what your professional expectations are as regards an entry level position in working in the database realm... I see many job opportunities that require a minimum of 2 or more years experience, how does one...
I'm currently employed by a website Designer, he gets the clients and sends me a mockup in a fireworks file, and I send him the html/css/js. The problem is that he wants direct ie6 compatibility for every site I build. That is, no conditional ie6 hack, no separate style sheets. A lot of my html has suffered because of it. I just started ...
How do you develop references for jobs? I have 6 years of programming experience spanning two jobs, but sadly I don't have a lot of people I can draw on as references. It's been several years since I left my last job, which was at a small company, and I've lost touch with the few people I knew there. I now work at another small company. ...
I'm a Senior student in the process of building my portfolio by the time I graduate. I'm already building a grading system for my University and I think this will look great and allow me to make some contacts within my city, but I'm looking for project ideas that prove to potential employers that I have a passion for programming. What ...
Which programmer would you chose for junior java position (web developer in agile team with Spring, Struts, Hibernate etc.)? The one who has very good knowledge of Java SE but almost none knowledge of Java EE and web frameworks and ORM The one who has mediocore knowledge of Java SE but at least basic knowledge of JPA,Hibernate,Spring,M...
I developed a very small app in my own time, hosted on my own server. My long-term contracting client would like to develop their version for use internally. Functionally and visually extremely similar, but rewritten from scratch using their preferred language. I am not in a position to do the coding myself; plan is for me to write the ...
During grad school, I started a project to package a lot of research algorithms into a nice user interface (let's call this project ABCD). I did not have time to get very far, so my department hired someone to take what I did and expand it. When I finished my degree, I agreed to stay on at the university for a contract position to tie u...
I've often heard that when applying for an IT job it's a very good idea to be able to present any programs that you have written to show your potential employer your abilities/accomplishments. What kind of programs do most employers value most? I'm sure that it obviously depends on the type of job that you're applying for, but in general...
I'm a hiring manager (still a dev too ;-) for a midsize company and we put out a good offer to a senior developer. The candidate requires a serious relocation to our area, and we did give him a good relo package. However, he is now looking to have his position "guaranteed" for at least a year, and is insistent that this is a standard h...
Below is an interview question I've been pondering using to test an interviewee's critical thinking and creativity skills. Leave the interviewee alone for 5-10 minutes and have him/her answer the following question: How would you programmatically screw in a lightbulb? Answers I would be hoping to see would be similar to: bool FixLigh...