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Andy Lester

I've been a professional programmer for 33 years. I work in Perl and a big pile of legacy PHP.

My book Land the Tech Job You Love is available from Pragmatic Bookshelf.

I created and maintain the programmer's grep-like search tool ack

My blog about tech life, including job hunting, is blog.petdance.com.

Twitter: petdance, beyondgrep and perlbuzz

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17 Should I tell my workplace that I’m thinking of quitting? Nov 14 '18
13 Fired for third time from a software development job. What to do? Oct 18 '18
10 Shouldn't I expect my boss to change his attitude when it is detrimental to office morale? Jun 6 '17
10 Is it worth putting a skill that is a prerequisite of a lot of other skills on my resume Jul 14 '16
8 Is using internet proxies a sackable offence? Feb 21 '18
7 CEO tells employees what they should do next, bypassing company hierarchy Apr 5 '16
6 What other problems does hot desking solve? Oct 29 '18
6 How can I manage my need to take short bathroom breaks in a professional setting? Apr 14 '16
4 How to ask co-worker to stop vaping? Mar 1 '16
4 My manager wants regular one-on-one meetings: is this bad? Jul 20 '16
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