I met a student recently who was looking for a software engineering internship. As I often do in these situations, I asked him to describe a cool project he worked on. He trembled slightly, adjusted his thick-rimmed glasses, and began speaking in a barely audible, breaking voice.
Good devs are hard to find. There just aren’t that many of them out there and you have to go through a lot of people to find them. Because this can be a very time consuming process, I’m always looking for ways to become more efficient in identifying gems in a sea of mediocrity. Standardized […]
The hardest part of conducting a job interview is quickly figuring out whether there is someone great sitting in front of you. Doing that is especially difficult if the person does not make a good first impression. For that reason, I’m always afraid of missing out on the Classic Coke. I Don’t Get The Classic Coke […]
I do lots of job interviews and one of my favorite questions to ask is “How do you keep up with technology?“. The answers I usually get fall into three buckets: “I read lots of blogs and news” Given the pace of change in our industry, having a good blogroll is vital to keeping up […]