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by fecak 13y ago
On his site he claims "One way or another, I have a couple meg of code and documentation in the core toolset of every general-purpose Linux and BSD distribution in existence." Assuming that is true, would your opinion about '
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by fecak 13y ago
You can hire on these things once in the interview process, and I think most companies probably like to think they do the same thing. But they aren't interviewing everyone we can assume. So how do you pick people for interviews? This
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by fecak 13y ago
One potential issue is that it appears the coding is the only criterion listed that can be fairly assessed before meeting someone and having a dialogue or giving some test. If they truly don't care about your past traditional leadershi
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by fecak 13y ago
Some businesses do this with invoice numbers to give the false impression of being more successful (more invoices should equal more sales and customers) than it actually is.
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Counteroffers, Secrecy, and Fear(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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by fecak 13y ago
If you can't compete with salary, compete on something else. The most effective way for you to compete for talent could be offering remote work. People are generally quite willing in my experience to leave money on the table for this p
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by fecak 13y ago
I agree entirely. One of the more interesting challenges of my job is discussing the potential dangers of counteroffer acceptance without sounding like the conversation is self-serving. I very rarely discuss counteroffer now primarily as a
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by fecak 13y ago
I don't know if there is reliable data to make a statement on the long-term effectiveness of counters due to the subject matter (best for both parties to keep silent).
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by fecak 13y ago
Regarding founders being busy, I think this is exactly why counteroffers work in many cases. Founders and managers that use a mea culpa defense along with the presentation of a counter are probably going to do better than those that just of
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by fecak 13y ago
Over my 15+ years in recruiting developers I'd say a fairly high number of people stayed much longer after accepting a counter than the most quoted 'stats' would have led me to believe. My only numbers are candidates I lost t
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by fecak 13y ago
In the instance of a counteroffer, the recruiter is financially motivated for the person to accept the new job (and decline the counter), regardless of whether or not accepting the counter is a better move for the person. That is one of the
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by fecak 13y ago
There is a lack of reliable data on counteroffers and their effectiveness due to the secrecy - companies don't have to report to some agency when they counter an employee. Another part of the problem is that recruiters are trained to s
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by fecak 13y ago
One 'argument' that people don't often think of is recruiting and hiring. I recruit for many companies, and the level of applicants I receive for jobs in the more emerging language communities is well above the applicants I u
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Don't Make Me Read Your Resume(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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We are going to use Google as the standard for profit? Do you think Google's success might be characterized as a bit of an outlier, as opposed to the norm?
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by fecak 13y ago
That's an interesting concept. So you feel that if we took all the world's developer horsepower that they could supply all the world's demand for developer horsepower, but because we have people underemployed (could accomplis
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by fecak 13y ago
This article doesn't reflect the market for entry-level or even junior/mid-level talent. Once someone develops a reputation and a network, applying for jobs becomes much less common.
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by fecak 13y ago
Do you feel there are thousnds of unemployed developers just holding out of the market until salaries rise, remote work and 4 day weeks are the norm, and the work is always interesting? I'm all for remote work and paying market value,
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by fecak 13y ago
Referrals and working for past co-workers seem to account for a good amount of hires at most of the small companies I've represented (independent recruiter), particularly over the past five years. It's not unusual to see teams ref
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by fecak 13y ago
This article does a good job to demonstrate ways to attract and retain talent. The only thing I'd disagree with is that they won't come to you. If you do the other things listed, and become known as a shop that does things right a
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by fecak 13y ago
It's always nice (as a recruiter) to see technologists actually write something designed to be helpful to recruiters, as opposed to the volumes of material that simply complain about being contacted so much because they are so popular.
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Would You Hire the CS Class of '04 Today?(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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Recruiter Job Posts, Explained(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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by fecak 13y ago
Let's say we're hiring for a Ruby Dev. My client needs talent, and we're not the kind of place that is going to say "Must have 2 years with X and 4 years with Y", because we're smarter than that. So I know we m
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by fecak 13y ago
I'm actually turning my response into a full blog post, as I think many people will get something out of it. I'm not trying to argue that the methods used by recruiters are the best for candidates, but rather explain them in terms
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by fecak 13y ago
A couple explanations from a recruiter (why recruiters do these things): - Company name: Agency recruiters don't post company names typically because they are afraid other recruiting companies might steal their clients. If a competitor
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Why You Are Overpaid(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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Boot Camps, MOOC's, and Jobs: A 'How To' For Fresh Devs(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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by fecak 13y ago
In my experience this isn't obvious to most. I've hosted an event 8x a year since 2000, and you can see the people who seem to be 'on a mission' as opposed to the ones that are a bit more subtle about it. If it takes you
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by fecak 13y ago
That seems to be a pretty popular opinion among the Java pros that I know. Some of the early Scala adopters seemed to believe that, and many are likely still of that opinion. It may take years for an alternative JVM language to be dominant

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