Past few years I have had this realization: I need to use a lot more of my non-technical skills (60%) than my technical skills as my interaction role expands. Role expansion is dealing with less of hardcore programming activities and more of problem resolution at various levels. I still think that a great architect+designer+programme...
I am a junior .NET developer with certifications (2 Microsoft including app dev foundation, 2 non Microsoft)* and I have had several programming jobs. They have all been in .NET development but some in different technologies (MS CRM, Sharepoint, etc). Problem is, I keep getting employed into jobs where I am not actually programming but ...
Hello, I am a hobby web developer. I know asp.net(C#), sql server, HTML(beginner), css (beginner). What books or schools would you recommend. If you were to give someone a full outline of what to do to become a web developer what would it be? ...
At the end of this year (hopefully) I will be graduating from Penn State with a B.S. in IST (Information Sciences and Technology). For those not aware, this is a mix of computer programming, project management, and networking all in one degree. Since I've recently begun looking at full-time programming positions most say that they req...
Hello guys I'm working on a social network like Friendfeed. so when user add his feeds links I use the cron job to parse each user feeds.Is this possible with big number of users ? like parssing 10.000 links each 1h or can make problems? if isn't possible what the technicals are used on Friendfeed or RSS readers to do that ? ...
Hello, I have seen many software developers cv's and talked to people who arrange interviews about which certificates are most valuable and give great advantage over other candidates on the job, but none of there answers were the same. So which certificates are best to pass? Which ones will really stand you up from the gray candidate ma...
I would like to know if this is really helpful to have experience with Macs on the job market for developers with B.Sc.. I have been using Windows and Linux since the start of undergrads and I'm pretty good with those in coding/using/configurating. So, I feel like it may be helpful to buy a Mac and get some little Iphone/Mac dev experien...
Hi, I am running some time-consuming executables with different parameters assigned in a loop as background jobs in parallel. Here is a toy example and its output: bash-3.2$ set -o notify bash-3.2$ for (( i=0 ; i < 4 ; i+=2 )); do > sleep ${i} & > done [1] 32394 [2] 32395 bash-3.2$ [1]- Done sleep ${i} [2]+ Done ...
I am looking for a solution, or a set of solutions with the following components: Job Scheduler - run a specific job on a specific schedule. I have seen Quartz.NET and it seems like a good framework, however I have not found it to have integrations with the components that follow. Job Runner - run a job, loaded as an AppDomain, from a ...
My current employer has an "I own you contract". The wording was very ambiguous so I didn't understand it when I signed it. Needless to say, I have left this company and will be looking for a new job. Which companies that you know of have the same policy so I know not to waste my time with them? Any of the big names (Adobe, Google, Amaz...
What was your experience as user of those sites? Did you win any bids? I live in a third world country and have recently joined to RAC, and I'm not really sure what to expect. Also, I'm not sure if this question belongs to here or to SuperUser.com ...
Is there a way for a PowerShell job to report progress or to trigger events before it is complete? I just started playing around with executing background jobs in PowerShell and am wondering how far I can push the capability. ...
Using Process Explorer (procexp.exe), especially with Google Chrome, child processes are called a Job. Same with Internet Explorer 8, but I noticed it first with Chrome. What is a Job What should I know about these things? Why would (you|one) use them? What scenarios should they be used? What APIs are used. I know the questions is a ...
I often have the problem when i read job offers at elance, guru or getacoder that there is some domain specific knowledge required. I think i can handle technical ones like device drivers or API specific like VMWare plugins or iPhone Apps. But when it comes to projects that involve stock option trading, accounting, special sales operati...
Like many other's I began programming at an early age. I started when I was 11 and I learned C when I was 14 (now 26). While most of what I did were games just to entertain myself I did everything from low level 2D graphics, and binary I/O, to interfacing with free API's, custom file systems, audio, 3D animations, OpenGL, web sites, et...
Inspired by "What are the top three most important skills new software development graduates tend to be missing?, here's a similar question but with a twist. What are the top three most important skills companies tend to ignore? As in, what qualities and skills, related to software development mind you, that you've noticed some companie...
I have to interview a candidate for a developer position that will involve working mainly on a trading system written in C++ in a Wall Street company. The candidate's most recent experience (3 years) is writing and maintaining components of a payment processing system for an ecommerce company. Some of this experience could be relevant...
I simply tried this: public class FooJob : IJob { public FooJob() { } public void Execute(JobExecutionContext context) { Thread.CurrentThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA); } } But it produces InvalidOperationException. Ideas? ...
I'm involved in a project where it's in a state that works well for the client, but ultimately needs a lot of intricate supplementary work for future success. If I left tomorrow, the other developers here (well, all but one of them, but he's working on something else) would have a difficult time managing what's been accomplished already,...
Does it help for wellrated competitors in finding good jobs? Do recruiters/HRs take into account mentions in CVs about participations in such contests? Do you think it will be a plus to write in CVs about your participation in contests having rating, for example, something about 70 percentile? ...