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5 Best Strategies To Get Your First Programming Job

September 11, 2017 by Lorenzo Pasqualis 3 Comments

A First Programming Job Requires Experience, But... How?

A question that aspiring young developers ask me all the time is: How do I get the first programming job that I need to build the experience required by most programming jobs?

It appears like a chicken and egg problem. You need work experience to get your first job, but you can't get that experience without the first job. It might seem like an impossible riddle. In reality, it is far from impossible.  Here are five strategies that will … [Read more...] about 5 Best Strategies To Get Your First Programming Job

Filed Under: career Tagged With: advice, career, finding talent, hiring, interview, job market, people

Software Engineering Job Titles Explained

August 18, 2017 by Lorenzo Pasqualis Leave a Comment

Ranks in software engineering are defined by job titles that vary from company to company and are meant to offer a clear career ladder. The landscape can be confusing. There are no industry standards for what each title means. The same title might mean something completely different in different organizations. Thankfully some common patterns resemble most variations.

I will look at four different career tracks:

Software developers, individual contributors. People who write code. Their … [Read more...] about Software Engineering Job Titles Explained

Filed Under: career Tagged With: career, hiring, job market, leadership, teams

11 Worst Software Engineer Resume Mistakes.

July 19, 2017 by Lorenzo Pasqualis Leave a Comment

When you send your resume to apply for a software engineering job, you should avoid making blunders that can send your hopes straight into the trash bin. Here is a list of the top 11 mistakes that I have seen over and over again.
Using too many words.
Hiring managers receive hundreds of resumes for every open job advertised. During the first pass of each new one, they need to decide if it goes in the trash bin or the “potentially interesting” pile. Too many words are a shortcut for the … [Read more...] about 11 Worst Software Engineer Resume Mistakes.

Filed Under: resume Tagged With: advice, career, hiring, job market, resume

Hottest Computer Languages on the Job Market for 2017 [infographic]

July 14, 2017 by Lorenzo Pasqualis Leave a Comment

This is the first CoderHood Index infographic. It shows the hottest computer languages based on the Job Markert for ads posted on ZipRecruiter and Indeed as of July 2017.

Feel free to download and re-post this infographic on your website or blog. The only thing I ask in return is a link to this post from the page on your site or blog containing the infographic. Thank you. … [Read more...] about Hottest Computer Languages on the Job Market for 2017 [infographic]

Filed Under: coderhood index, timely Tagged With: career, infographic, job market, programming

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