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by liquidcool 10y ago
Revenue per sale, but in ecommerce, the standard term is "average order value."
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Last I checked the pricing was very different; nodes for BigTable, reads/writes for Datastore. BigTable is more cost effective for large workloads, but it requires buying a minimum of three nodes, which is ~$1,500/mo total. If you
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Yes, about five 9's of recruiters don't understand the tech on the resume or the job description. That may prevent them from responding. But in general, they rely on you to self-qualify. So they are far more likely to call you a
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Sounds like you want to be a consultant, or like you said, at a startup. It's a tautology, but working for a big company makes you better at working for big companies. And startups are biased against corporate/enterprise developer
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by liquidcool 10y ago
There was a big ad campaign from the diamond cartel to make everyone believe that 3 months of (gross) salary was the standard amount to pay for an engagement ring. That means if you only make $36K/year, you still shell out $9K for a ri
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by liquidcool 10y ago
It was that way in the US for a very long time. Sometime in the last couple decades a new trend arose to wear both the engagement ring and a wedding band together. The logic being you spent 4-5 figures on beautiful jewelry, so it's sil
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Absolutely not. I hire engineers, for myself and others, and the last thing I want to know is how old you are. Are they insane? I can't think of an easier way to set yourself up for an age discrimination lawsuit. Also, for third party
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by liquidcool 10y ago
What state? Employment law varies considerably from state to state, and I didn't think that's federal law (but IANAL).
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by liquidcool 10y ago
I've discovered a high percentage of recruiters think "full stack" is a thing on its own, and if you ask them which stack they don't know what you mean. "Um... the full one? I also hear a lot about stack overflow, m
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by liquidcool 10y ago
OLAP/MOLAP/ROLAP are interesting technologies to BI folks. Companies say they want to do more BI/analytics, and DBAs/BI managers see an opportunity to get experience with some cool tech, so they say that's the corre
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by liquidcool 10y ago
In this market, 1 year. Update your LinkedIn profile and see who contacts you. People with good resumes get contacted 6 months after taking a job, just in case they don't like it, or it's a contract. That article was written by Ma
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by liquidcool 10y ago
To your point, this sounds a little like the recent post from someone who said they were being interviewed (at Google) for a Director role. When he posted the questions, it was revealed they were really interviewing him for an SRE position,
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by liquidcool 10y ago
I give a talk on programmer productivity a few times a year, and measuring it (related to this) is very hard. That said, there are a few things worth keeping an eye on. The biggest is turnover. Are people quitting because of workload or gen
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by liquidcool 10y ago
What aptitude are you trying to test for? Do you already have a code base in Java you might use for inspiration? You mention framework doesn't matter, but the difference in what you can accomplish in 15 minutes is significant if you&#x
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by liquidcool 10y ago
I'm a developer/manager who does recruiting, but mostly in SoCal, and I see you're in the Bay area. Up there, you might reach out to Aline Lerner. She did the same, although I understand she is now focused on interviewing.io.
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Well, I've written my own career course for developers, but two notable books include: https://smile.amazon.com/Smart-Gets-Things-Done-Technical/dp... https://smile.amazon.com/Work-Rules-Insights-I
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by liquidcool 10y ago
It's important to note that in most cases, it's not the recruiter rejecting you, but the hiring manager. The recruiter collects some info, and passes you on to the hiring manager with their notes. The manager will decide who - out
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by liquidcool 10y ago
The short answer is that you want to structure your resume and cover letter to show authority and career progression. Clearly you're a generalist, which is not a good place to be early in your career. If you're personable with exp
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by liquidcool 10y ago
I agree with Gibbon. Will add that a real problem with young developers is that their desire to please short circuits taking the best path for their career. You end up staying longer than you should; I was certainly guilty of this. HPE does
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Here you go, someone got this for me as a gift many years ago: https://www.pamperedchef.com/shop/Outdoor/BBQ+Tools/BBQ+Turn... I used it quite a bit, but just as a spatula. Very sturdy.
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Yes, I do the same and it's a real slog. I feel I get replies from some people I normally wouldn't have - top folks. But most messages are ignored, even highly personal, friendly, relevant messages to people I'm connected to
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Seems like we have a lot in common, I'm also a Java guy (run largest JUG in SoCal) and am recently in staffing. Maybe there's room for collaboration? Contact info in profile. Either way, I'm also in the planning phases and fo
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by liquidcool 10y ago
No, it is not at all common. The expectation is you'll at least have a few years as a lead. You're going to have to move to a company with room for growth and get promoted. If you want to stay technical, go with a non-enterprise s
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Whatever you want your next job title to be.
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by liquidcool 10y ago
First, this didn't stop me from inviting the applicant to discuss her work/knowledge relevant to the job. She did not respond. Second, it's totally possible I misunderstood something. I do run the largest JUG in SoCal, so I&#
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Depends on the job. Some considerations: - your intent: playing around to learn, creating something serious, contributing to OSS, etc. - how far you got - who is using it? - solo or collaboration - how production ready is this? I suppose yo
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by liquidcool 10y ago
I do, but I'm an outlier. I have a CS degree and 20 years of software experience, so I'll actually look at your code and if I know that language, take a look at your style. I've seen someone check all her Emacs autosave (~) f
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by liquidcool 10y ago
Interesting, this is like a TSA pre-check program for coders. The main benefit, I assume, is that the exam is proctored and your identity verified. If not, then there is no value to this. I've already run across someone who said they w
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by liquidcool 10y ago
I do recruiting (3rd party). This sounds like total shenanigans. I would be actively afraid to ask for your SSN and definitely DOB - they should be avoiding asking your age out of fear of discrimination lawsuits. What's reasonable on a
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by liquidcool 10y ago
I've never advertised on Monster, but if you're a recruiting agency, wouldn't you think twice about doing so now that it's owned by a competitor? This is the same reason Pepsi spun off YUM brands. Coke converted Pepsi re

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