Tell me about weird, frustrating or bad job interview questions you’ve been...
I’m working on an article for SmartBear on handling bad or weird job interview questions, and I’d like to get input from you. Have you been asked weird, insulting, inexplicable or just plain bad...
View ArticleHow to prepare for a job interview: The 4-point summary
The core of your preparation for the job interview: Learn what they do. Learn how they do what they do. Figure out exactly what skills, experience and background you have that will help them do what...
View ArticleWhen it comes to job hunting advice, question everything you’re told
Punk pioneers Stiff Little Fingers‘ signature tune “Suspect Device” admonished “Don’t believe them / Question everything you’re told.” It’s sound advice for anyone looking for guidance in the job...
View Articleack 2.0 has been released
ack 2.0 has been released. ack is a grep-like search tool that has been optimized for searching large heterogeneous trees of source code. ack has been around since 2005. Since then it has become very...
View ArticleMy bash prompt with git/svn branch+status display
After spending a few hours last night switching between three different branches in the ack2 project, and typing “git br” over and over, I decided I needed to put branch status in my bash prompt. The...
View ArticleThe simple math of why your resume probably isn’t getting read.
You spend hours slaving over your resume, crafting every word of every bullet point, and yet you’re getting no interest from the companies you send the resume to. Maybe your problem is that you’re...
View ArticleThose “illegal job interview questions” aren’t actually illegal
It’s common knowledge that it’s illegal for US employers to ask about your age, sex, religion, marital status, national origin, or other protected statuses. Thing is, it’s not illegal for them to ask....
View ArticleMake the Linux chkconfig service list easier to read
If you run a Linux box, and you want to see what services start up at which level, you use runlevel: $ chkconfig acpid 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off...
View ArticleHow to talk in an interview about problems at your past job without coming...
Someone on reddit asked “Why is talking bad about a previous job a taboo? What’s wrong with complaining? It’s showing dissatisfaction with the rules or environment. If I see a rule that’s unfair or...
View Article“Fifteen minutes longer and a thought process and probably you wouldn’t have...
In last month’s Esquire, there’s an interview with George Clooney where he briefly discusses Twitter: “So one drunken night, you come home and you’ve had two too many drinks and you’re watching TV and...
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