If you have ever been fired from a job, did you notice anything different about the behavior of your peers or upper management just before your termination? What are some common signs to look for among your coworkers and project manager(s) that would indicate your position is severely at risk?
EDIT: My instincts were right, and I opted to resign…
Many job sites have broken searches that don't let you narrow down jobs by experience level. Even when they do, it's usually wrong. This requires you to wade through hundreds of postings that you can't apply for before finding a relevant one, quite tedious. Since I'd rather focus on writing cover letters etc., I want to write a program to look…
In my last blog post I explained the principles of Replication Services and the possibilities it offers in a BI environment. One of the possibilities I described was the use of snapshot replication as an ETL extraction tool: “Snapshot Replication can also be useful in BI environments, if you don’t need a near real-time copy of the…
Should we tell our expected and current CTC just in mail before interview?
I read on many resume advices "never put salary info in resume" but these day every company ask expected CTC then takes interview.
What should i give in reply to this type of mail where company is asking for expected and current CTC before interview? Can they…
Ever been in a situation where you were in an interview, and realized immediately afterwards (after the nervousness wore off) that you did something wrong?
I had a phone interview today. I was asked an n-ary tree problem, and coded an algorithm that used a space overhead, then a different algorithm with no space overhead. However,…
This is a question that I was asked on a job interview some time ago. And I still can't figure out sensible answer.
Question is:
you are given set of points (x,y). Find 2 most distant points. Distant from each other.
For example, for points: (0,0), (1,1), (-8, 5) - the most distant are: (1,1) and (-8,5) because the distance…
I'm currently blessed to be employed at a location where politics are pretty much non-existant and management overhead is nearly nil. As I've only worked at this one location for my entire, lengthy career, I have very little frame of reference outside of an occasional Dilbert comic or offhand comment from others about just…
Hi - I sometimes get that error when resuming from hibernation :
Delayed Write Failed : Windows was unable to save all the data for the file G:\$Mft. The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere.
I know this is caused…
Today I met a friend who is also using stackoverflow. He had a job interview today at a small business and during the interview, the prospective boss asked him how he assures that he's alawys up-to-date concerning technical questions and what he's doing to seek for a solution for a problem he can't solve by its own. Besides…
Finances are making me take an extended period off of my college education. In my current state, I don't feel fully qualified to be employed by an iPhone software company. While I work on getting things back together, I'd like to try an work for a software company for free in my local area (I'm going to college out of state…
Hi All,
I have recently started applying for .Net jobs. I currently work in a sales role with a large telco. I found out quite late that I like programming and as such bought my house and made commitments that mean college is not an option.
What I would like to know is, is it harder to get a junior job as a self learner?…
Management here wants to re-title my position, since I'm doing quite a bit of different work than was originally planned.
They want my input. After a quick glance over my skill set and job duties, what would we need to describe this position as?
I'll just list things I'm at least proficient in, I will not list things I…
I have just finished my job hunt. I think it was about 40 job interviews, I like to travel and get to know many companies. One thing I did not like is that they don't care about new technologies.
I think only 2 persons asked me about new stuff in Java world.
Most of them care if I know Java (certification and many years…
Alright, I've gotten to the second step in the interview process. At this point I'm working under the assumption that I might be offered a position -- flying my butt to Redmond would be quite an expense if they weren't at least considering me for something (*crosses fingers*).
So, if one is offered a position, how should…
I'm a nerdy slacker type who didn't get my life together till I was 30. I've had a real job for a couple years doing C#/SQL. I've gotten several raises, but I'm making less than most developers, and the atmosphere is ... not positive.
Looking for a new job, I think my applications get thrown out because I don't have a…
I'm often in a position where I need to choose between a number of web technologies. These technologies might be programming languages, or web application frameworks, or types of databases, or some other kind of toolkit used by programmers. More often than not, after some doing research, I end up with a list of…
On one side, I just want to get a degree with a 3.0 GPA. On the other side, my parents want more than just a 3.
Now here's the thing. I program with a passion. I spend day and night programming. And I ace all my programming courses. However, I do terrible on all my elective courses -- such as writing, history,…
I've been looking at jobs descriptions since I'm graduating soon and looking for a job and what's always coming back - I'm not teaching you anything - is the "N years of experience in this language".
It has been discussed in this question that if you work professionally with let's say Ruby for 2 years, but…
Introduction
More often than not, data doesn't come packaged exactly as we'd like it for analysis. Transformation,
match-merge operations, and a host of data munging tasks
are usually needed before we can extract insights from our Big Data sources. Few people find data
munging exciting, but it has to…
I often read about this and I'm curious: if there programmers who can't program, how did they get a programming job in the first place? They must bring some value to the company they're working for, otherwise they would be fired.
I don't think "programmers who don't know how to program" means "bad…
Learning to manage stress is vital to staying healthy while working at any job. A necessary subtask is learning to recognize and limit the sources of stress.
But, in the midst of the daily grind, it can be difficult to recognize sources of stress (especially for an intense, focused persona such as…
After upgrading from V12.04 to V14.04 I am not able to print. I am using an HP LaserJet 400 M451dn. The printer troubleshooter told me that there is no solution to the problem.
This is the output of the advanced diagnositc output. (Due to limited space I cut the output!)
Can anybody tell me what…
Many game development companies are less formal in terms of workplace attire than other types of software development houses. For example, I know that one place at which I will be interviewing soon has a predominant workplace culture of jeans and polos or t-shirts.
Should I wear a suit? Shirt…
Although only a few decades old, the information technology or IT field is as broad and deep as industries that have been around for centuries. IT job categories, titles and specialties abound -- so ... [Author: Allen B. Ury - Computers and Internet - March 27, 2010]