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How to land a job in large-scale web development? [closed]

For ten years I was writing pretty boring web apps in .NET and Rails and it seems like a dead-end to me. How can I get a job at the companies developing large-scale distributed web applications? What ...
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How to get my programmer's career back on track? [closed]

In ten years as a software developer (I'm in my early thirties) I've never did anything cool. As a .NET coder I've worked on some enterprise and web projects but nothing I did there would make anyone ...
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Is it ethical to read programming books on the clock?

I have an issue that hasn't ever surfaced as a problem, but it's a question that's been bugging me internally a little bit for the last several years. I've worked at a few different places where they ...
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1answer
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How can I evaluate an offer of equity in a company?

The last few months at my company have made me worried. I work for a small software development company, there were 5 of us: 2 techy's, 2 developers and my boss. 1 tech left leaving me to cover her ...
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3answers
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Can I get a software development job with an EE degree? [closed]

I am a junior at a university with a REALLY selective CS program, and because of a 3.2 in a math class, they didn't admit me. I will reapply, but this is my last shot. Being a programmer has always ...
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5answers
852 views

What benefit is there for IT professionals to develop people skills beyond those needed for their current position?

The IT field has created many positions that enable people to achieve high quality technical skill sets without ever learning the social skills necessary to be successful in non technical fields. ...
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4answers
244 views

Would future employers look negatively on a period of self employment to gain domain experience?

So I'm currently employed in the general direction of my "ideal" job, but too far from it to the extent that I don't enjoy my current job. I've spent quite a bit of time looking for my ideal job, but ...
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5answers
677 views

Is okay to spend time learning at work?

New (6 months) junior software developer in a .net shop. Haven't finished college yet. Only briefly touched on .net during the degree (Java degree). There are many parts of the .net framework ...
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2answers
287 views

What can I do in my current non-manager role to prepare for a new career as a manager?

This is sort of difficult to explain... I am currently a software engineer, and have been for about 10 years. I would like my next job to be the start of a new career in management. I have given ...
14
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4answers
627 views

Working with many programming languages - Is doing too many different things bad for my career?

I'm working as a software engineer, and I have a total experience of one year and six months. For the first one year, I was working as a Web developer with PHP and JavaScript. With my interest I was ...
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8answers
2k views

How can I get out of a bad job assignment without quitting?

I'm a software developer. Recently, my boss has told me my upcoming project assignment will be doing manual quality assurance on a web site some colleagues are building. I feel that spending 6 months ...
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3answers
246 views

What factors should I consider when evaluating a job offer to work with a specific software platform?

I am currently working as a .NET 4.0 developer for a company, and would like to aim to grow in my career and reach a leadership position. I currently am not the lead developer, however I am his "right ...
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2answers
283 views

How can I enhance my skills when my current job is not providing much scope? [closed]

I have more than 3 years of experience in IT. Sometimes I personally feel that I lack proper guidance as my surroundings are not providing me that much exposure and most of the professional people ...
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3answers
221 views

How do I migrate from employee to consultant?

I currently have a full time job and I don't really like it. That said, I love my career choice. I've been a software engineer for over 5 years. I think my forte is that I care about clean code and ...
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7answers
444 views

How can I justify developing my soft skills over contributing to other projects?

As we reach holiday season, we have less work load at present. In these days I have some professional hours left after completion of my actual work. At this situation I would like to invest that time ...
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4answers
870 views

No work assigned from 4 months, Is leaving job a better option?

Well, I am civil engineer by graduation but my liking towards software development has led me working in a software company. We have our software developed using MFC and plan to switch on .NET in say ...
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6answers
1k views

Stuck in a dead-end job. How do I get ahead?

I'm stuck in a dead-end web developer job where I don't get paid much and rarely get to learn anything new. It's a small, mom-and-pop shop where there is no room for advancement either. I am not ...
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5answers
338 views

Does shifting jobs after small periods have negative effect on career

I would first like to mention my stats - I am working with a company for the last 6 months and I am also placed in a more reputed company, where I am supposed to join within 3 or 4 months. Now the ...
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7answers
1k views

When should someone accept more responsibilities without more money? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: When should I ask for more money in conjunction with more responsibility? This happens very often in many companies. I think I'm at a very early stage of my career and ...
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2answers
188 views

How to manage a growing team?

I'm the admin assistant of the CTO and our organization has recently experienced a lot of growth. Within six months, we have merged with another organization and our Dev team has grown from 8 to 16, ...
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3answers
327 views

How to create a desirable resume / career for international software development work

What qualities in a resume / career path for a software developer are desirable enough that would make an employer look as far away as international to find new employees? For Example: I want to work ...
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4answers
342 views

How do you research which job skills or technologies to learn?

On Stack Overflow and Programmers we often see questions like Where to start? What language to learn first? and What language should I learn next? These questions should always be closed as not ...
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3answers
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Switching career tracks back , how to get recruiter's attention for an interview?

I have a Master's Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (graduated in 2010). I took courses in the areas of signal processing and digital communications. I have also had teaching and research ...
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3answers
292 views

Career growth and skills development in different-sized companies

Given the following two companies: Less than 100 employees and not very well known, but their field seems really interesting Around 1000 employees and ships a popular, high quality product. For a ...
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25answers
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How can I overcome “years of experience” requirements when applying to positions?

Having just been rejected as a candidate for a job because I do not show the number of years of experience they require, I have some questions about how "years of experience" is interpreted by hiring ...
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3answers
443 views

About to launch a hotly anticipated, already profitable product. Is now a good time to ask for a raise?

I was hired into my company (30k+ employees) as a mid-level developer 2 years ago to work on a fledgling product that had received great feedback from its users. The original authors of the software ...
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19answers
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How can I reduce the size of a long resume without hiding all my skills and experience?

I'm in the US and have 30 years of experience with a bunch of different companies, working in high-tech and the software industry. I have a lot of links, skills, and education which has pushed my ...
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2answers
2k views

What are possible career transitions for a seasoned software developer?

I have been a software developer for 11 years. During these years I worked for number of companies, sometimes changing places twice or three times a year. They say it takes 10 years to reach ...