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I like to program for a living, but I'd like to do it without facing the pressures of moving up the ranks to management, or to lead this project, or mentor people, or initiate an i…

Looks interesting, but is there a paywall-free mirror of this article?

I have worked for businesses that lean towards the very small side. This has become somewhat of a hassle to me, especially when I turned into telecommute work, because I have hardl…

A mention of Chinese-made developer frameworks was brought up in a different website's discussion, so that got me curious to ask this question. What development software, libraries…

How do you make that business mindset intuitive for people that are used to being technical workers? I actually would not want to limit myself to one industry. Working at a digital…

Leetcode problems rarely come into play outside of tech hubs or quant firms. I live in Chicago and rarely encounter such problems in job interviews. And just Leetcode easies at tha…

Also, how did that turn out? Did your business become profitable to the point where it replaced the need to look for a job? I'm curious if you've ever been driven to start a busine…

It is harder to walk away from a subpar offer when you have no other job to fall back on.

The only reason I accepted is because the alternative is having no work. It's harder to bargain for a fair wage when you're unemployed. When we were discussing rates, I proposed $6…

It's unfortunate that Ruby doesn't get the push towards more applications like Python does. Especially for scientific computing and machine learning.

I freelance remotely, making roughly $1200 a month as a programmer because I only work 10 hours maximum each week (limited by my contract). I share the apartment with my mom, and I…

That's an interesting idea for a resume layout, although the columns will probably look very unbalanced with my set of jobs. I've only had two FT developer jobs, both of which are …

>Whats going wrong in the interviews? Do you ever get feedback from the companies that reject you? Are there questions they ask you that you stumble on? Several problems were spott…

Web development jobs. Ranging from CMS-based websites using WordPress and Magento, and built in frameworks in stacks, LAMP-based to Ruby on Rails to using React. These jobs all are…

I have a career that's filled with many contract and/or part-time jobs. I started out with two part time developer jobs in college. Since then, it's been mostly contract jobs. Most…

Hello, I have to ask something about my abilities as a developer in a professional capacity. But I also have to rant. I feel very inadequate. And I don't really think it's just imp…

>Spending more than 2 years at Eng I or Eng II is considered a cause for serious concern. Is this just for within Google or also from Google's perspective of hires from elsewhere? …

Agreed. This has been an eye opener for me as someone who has worked mainly in smaller companies whose job levels didn't go beyond junior, mid-level, senior/lead in my profession. …

Looking for a system that makes it as easy to refund money just as it allows purchases. This will greatly reduce inconveniences that come from fraudulent purchases or purchases mad…

I am not sure how Leetcode would help out here in specific, for someone who already has years of proven programming experience with other companies. Any company who holds any water…

Usually I have considered internal recruiters from larger companies to be more serious than the typical messages from third party agencies who don't even disclose the name of the c…

I'm a mid-level software engineer myself, and have had troubles applying to MS which is one of the big tech companies I'm interested in joining. But I've been having some odd exper…

>It seems little odd that at 35 you're still in the $25/hr range. Don't underestimate the negative effects of having no job lined up when you're let go from your current one. You c…

I'm definitely choosing path 1, which is to become a senior dev. I prefer technical-focused jobs. Learn from mentor programmers, get into teams and learn formal development practic…