When Job Hopping Goes Wrong

While surfing a thread about a potential job change in Reddit’s /r/cscareerquestions (DISCLOSURE: I’m a mod), I read the following…

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The Recruiter Manifesto

It’s no secret that many agency recruiters behave unethically. As much as I enjoy getting paid to help companies grow…

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Is Your Employer a “Best Place To Work” For Developers?

Glassdoor recently released their Best Places to Work 2016/Employees Choice Awards, and as you would expect the top of the list…

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How to READ a Job Posting

After reading a recent article on DZone about writing developer job postings I started thinking about how job seekers often…

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Pythonistas, Rubyists, and Gophers: Hiring Preferences Across Language Camps

For many years I recruited exclusively for clients that were seeking to hire Java developers and architects at all levels.…

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The Worst Developer Resume in the World, Redux: Best Practices

Last week I published The Worst Developer Résumé in the World, which resulted in three things. We are not alone – The…

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The Worst Developer Resume in the World

As someone who has been recruiting in the software industry for nearly 20 years, I’ve read perhaps tens of thousands…

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The “Big 4”, GitHub, Bootcamps, and Rants – Conversations Overheard From the Kids Table

I’ve been on Reddit for the past few years, mostly giving advice in a subreddit (or “sub”) called CS Career…

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How Engineers Get Found on LinkedIn (and how to hide)

There are two types of software engineers on LinkedIn: those aggravated by the large volume and poor content of incoming recruiter email, and…

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