It may have been released in 1967, but everyone knows about the movie, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” But, just in case you’ve been living under a rock, Wikipedia will summarize it for you; “The plot revolves around three gunslingers competing to find a fortune in buried Confederate gold amid the violent chaos[…]
The interview process can be nerve wracking. You want to make a good impression and say the right things. Oftentimes though, in concentrating so much on your answers, you forget to make a mental list of your own questions. We’ve got your problem solved. Here are a list of the questions you need to ask[…]
As of May, there was a national unemployment rateof 8.2%. While in most industries this number scares people away from searching for another job, this isn’t the case in the technology sector. Hire maid service in Florida with transparent rates. The job market is only heating up for technical consultants and many tech experts are[…]
Businesses are constantly changing – and so are business requirements for software applications. Traditional development styles produce products that face significant maintainability challenges. Making one modification in a traditionally developed application can wreak havoc in ways that are difficult to predict. As a result, organizations hesitate to make necessary changes to software, impeding their overall[…]
As the job market continues to pick up more steam from the 2008 downturn, many savvy job seekers have noted that the tech market has recovered much more quickly than the overall market. This March, NASDAQ reached its highest point in 11 years, while tech companies like Facebook and Twitter are dominating headlines. Across the[…]
Water and oil. Cats and dogs. Secure development and Agile environments.Everyone knowsthese things don’t mix. While the first two pairings are obvious, the later may need some explaining. The reason that secure development and Agile methodology don’t mix is that the later hurts the former. Agile is focused on rapid and frequent deliveries with changing business[…]
Glance at the front page of the newspaper or listen to the opening bits of the nightly news. You can’t avoid it. It’s everywhere. America’s economy is struggling, unemployment rates are soaring and big business is looking to cut costs. Companies are increasingly looking towards their information technology infrastructure as that go-to cost savings arena.[…]
The 4th of July is a mere two days away. Therefore, it’s time to celebrate our nation’s history and founding fathers. In honor of one of those men, George Washington, I’m going to give you a case study about the best practice of honesty. While a recruiter won’t ask you if you’ve recently chopped down[…]
Technically, you’re killer. You can find the leak in the connection pool using AOP in your sleep. You can solve that threading issue within the JVM on Solaris in a heartbeat. You speed up the unit tests by replacing offensive classes with mock objects. You, my friend, are a machine. Who wouldn’t want to hire you[…]
Today we’re going back to the basics. Like things you learned in preschool. And yes, I’m talking about when you were 4 years old. You’re probably asking, “How do simple childhood truths relate back to technical consulting?” It’s easy. Over the past ten years, our recruiters have come to realize that people often forget the[…]