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by fecak 14y ago
A lot has been written about passion lately, and even another recent blog post of mine is relevant ( http://jobtipsforgeeks.com/2012/04/17/how-employers-measure-... ). I don't think passion has to be demonstrated by 'only' doing coding 24
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by fecak 14y ago
Good question. I think in time, those who love what they do will generally catch up 'skills-wise' to those that do what they do only for dollars. Being a worthy candidate with less skills is a possibility - perhaps you will work harder or
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by fecak 14y ago
Well said, and I could claim some guilt in years past about jumping on the next big thing and encouraging my network to learn what seemed to be on the horizon. I still keep track of trends and will mention them to candidates, but I now try
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by fecak 14y ago
The engineers that do have decent tech skills and don't fall into some of the categories listed in the article aren't having too difficult a time finding work. Some companies can't afford to be too choosy and will hire people with these tr
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by fecak 14y ago
I think it will be a logo at some point, this site and my company site are rather new and works in progress. I sincerely appreciate the feedback.
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by fecak 14y ago
Thanks. Would you rather see it in something else?
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by fecak 14y ago
If a candidate says they are 'never' willing to work overtime, they are probably in the wrong business. I can't say I've ever had someone tell me never. Most engineers understand that there are going to be at least some support or product
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by fecak 14y ago
Thanks for reading. I've received many of these responses lately on some job candidates and thought there was some value in compiling them for engineers that may be interviewing. I could certainly see where candidates might get hung up on
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Why You Didn't Get the Job(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
77 points by fecak 14y ago|40 comments
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by fecak 14y ago
I assume you watched the video? (I recorded and posted it) Personally, I actually thought he was pretty modest overall. He did mention his academic background and 'hacker credentials' when he was discussing functional programming languag
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Eric 'ESR' Raymond Philly JUG presentation(youtu.be)
24 points by fecak 14y ago|5 comments
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'12 Grads (New SW Engineers) - How to Pick a Job, Company, and Mentor(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
1 points by fecak 15y ago|0 comments
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Geek Number? My Points System to Quickly Rate SWEs w/o a tech interview)(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
1 points by fecak 15y ago|0 comments