Tweet Background: This is the first time I’ve ever really applied myself fully to hunting for a job. Looking back, I’d always done a mediocre effort at it while simultaneously working full time. Job hunting requires 20-30 hours/week of work to be effective. Only about 4 hours/week of that relates to submitting resumes; the rest…
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CrockPot Agile: AdHoc to Agile in 10 Steps
TweetOk, so you’re working at a non-Agile shop, possibly even a shop with bad project management. How do you get them to being Agile if you’re not the CEO or VP of Engineering? By doing something I call: CrockPot Agile CrockPot Agile is my term for converting your shop to Agile development by making a…
Job Hunting is Like Dating
TweetIf I call the recruiter at the company too soon I’m desperate. If I wait too long, I’m not interested. share: Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend
Résumé, Aim, Hired
TweetRecently, I was at a company website browsing for jobs. As usual, I ran into a typical catch-22: Every career advisor on the planet will tell you to customize your cover letter and résumé for the position, but I have yet to run into a website that lets you upload a different résumé or cover…
Mac voodoo: Always use the combo updater
TweetThis is just a piece of mac OSX voodoo: I never use Software Update for a major OS upgrade, I always use the combo installer. Even though it’s a larger download, the combo updater ends up refreshing a big hunk of your OS so any bits that have rotted get fixed. I’ve also used the…
Why I Like DB2
TweetI cannot for the life of me figure out why people use MySQL when they have DB2 to choose from. DB2 is free for 1 core and 1GB of I/O buffer and as much data as you want. 99% of the websites in the world could run just fine on free DB2. The workgroup version…