When I first started writing The Hacker Chick Blog, I was incredibly taken by Kathy Sierra and her Creating Passionate Users blog.
I loved how fun...
0 replies - 1893 views - 05/15/13 by Abby Fichtner in Articles
The average lifespan for a software engineering job is 4 years. Okay, I've never actually seen proof (or contradiction), but that's the general feeling in the...
0 replies - 2868 views - 05/01/13 by Jay Fields in Articles
Avoiding Burnout
Especially for developers working at startups, burning out is a serious risk. Andrew Dumont has burnt out before, and in this blog post he...
0 replies - 3479 views - 05/01/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
Yahoo’s decision to ban working from home can hardly have escaped anyone’s attention. Whatever the reasons might be, to me their decision sends out a...
0 replies - 6473 views - 04/28/13 by Oscar Berg in Articles
Employers ask for elite performers, but they should be careful – they could get what they ask for… If they find an elite performer, do they have the elite...
0 replies - 7726 views - 04/23/13 by Anders Abel in Articles
The PHP jobs market is hot, very many people find it hard to recruit the skilled staff that they need to achieve the goals of their organization. I meet a wide...
1 replies - 2861 views - 04/23/13 by Lorna Mitchell in Articles
Everyone is talking about the Yahoo! memo ending work from home for employees. When a company is in crisis, as Yahoo! is, actions like these, that don’t seem...
1 replies - 7034 views - 04/22/13 by Krishna Kumar in Articles
One of the most difficult parts of software development is adapting to
change. It's a guarantee that the concepts, ideas, and possibly the
point of the...
3 replies - 4705 views - 04/17/13 by Isaac Taylor in Articles
I've always been curious to see job descriptions when someone reaches
out to me about software engineer (or related) positions. Most of them
don't really...
0 replies - 1846 views - 04/02/13 by Rodrigo De Castro in Articles
There are two sides of this conversation about telecommuting: the
employee side and the management side. I hope you stick around for both
sides. You can...
1 replies - 2433 views - 04/01/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles
How Many Hoops Does a Job Candidate Have to Jump Through?
Here’s an interesting infographic for job seekers with notes to the recruiters to jump...
0 replies - 34655 views - 03/26/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
ScaleBase Overview – Your complete scale out partner
Watch the Video below to learn how to scale out your MySQL Database with ScaleBase. Cost-effectively...
0 replies - 312 views - 02/22/13 by Kelley Gemma in Uncategorized
He lurks quietly in the darkness emerging only to briefly churn out some markup during business hours. He has no face, no name, no records. His only weapon is...
29 replies - 16096 views - 02/13/13 by Troy Hunt in Articles
A Bookmarklet to Switch Your Backgrounds at Will I'm giving this bookmarklet my 'tool of the week' honors. Not that I've really made a trend out...
0 replies - 4089 views - 02/05/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
"Actuate BIRT’s (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tool) proven technology allows software companies to innovate, leapfrog the competition and meet...
0 replies - 347 views - 01/22/13 by Kelley Gemma in Uncategorized
