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How do you leverage word of mouth when the people you know don't even know the right people for your kind of work? I have plenty of time- I don't have a job but my network is disap…

Hi philip1209, I just applied to your Moonlight site as a software developer. With that said, my experience has all been in web development, and have some personal experience writi…

I've took what some people have referred to as "greedy path choices" in my career. Greedy as in an algorithm that favors the shortest route. That doesn't set you up usually to find…

Don't think about what will happen to Bitcoin in that situation, because its hashing algorithm is nothing particularly unique. Think of what will happen to SHA-1, -2, etc. The NSA …

Well it's interesting then, that I have come across more situations like that, working as a software engineer, than when I was doing typical retail jobs. The software industry sure…

The CTH offers I have taken in the past paid less per hour than a salaried employee would. They lasted over a year. Also for one of those employers, they wanted to hire me as a sor…

I've seen some people say that contract-to-hire jobs what incompetent programmers take, but I don't really see the connection between that and your programming ability. Nor how the…

Something more popular than PHP. I got into web development in the last 2000's doing PHP backend development and CMS work, and now everyone seems to have gotten into more opinionat…

I live in a large Midwest city but jobs pertaining to this sector are scarce. My college degree is not strictly programming-related, but it relates partly to data viz. http://artan…

I already have held four different jobs as a web developer and still have no good network. See my reply to "developer2" for more details.

First things first: You talk as if I am just starting out my career. I don't know how you arrived to that conclusion about my job experience from my my last comment- I didn't even …

Two kinds of bad crowdfunding projects come to mind: One where the product is in the realm of possibility with today's engineering and can be reproduced in mass quantity, but the c…

This can actually require less overhead than Coolest Cooler, due to its particular usage of materials. The only big logistical issues will be shipping super heavy blankets and sour…

That is the issue that needs to be looked at more closely. And in a fantasy world the consumer is a separate entity from the worker. But a weak workforce means weak consumers. Comp…

I tend to use the .doc format and edit locally on my computer, and only export to PDF when I'm ready to send out the resume. I'm not certain if .doc would be much easier format to …

I often come across advice to have different resumes for different types of companies, and to continue making it up to date. As a living, breathing document, is it a good candidate…

>Whether engineers are self-taught or not, is that networking and personal connections really matter. As someone who has no good network, is there any other good way? I tend to rea…

I'm self taught by most accounts, but I have a 4-year degree. I think it's a curious predicament I'm in, because part of the curriculum is "web programming but not really Computer …

That is how my experience was. If you don't go the often traveled route of getting a CS degree, you're a lesser known quantity. By that I mean, you are more uncertain from the eyes…

>These are small companies not looking to scale And this also separates what people call "startups" from small companies. All startups start out as small companies, but they don't …

Long-time resident of Chicago here. What do you suggest as a good plan to move out to another city to seek a greater diversity? How to filter out companies in other cities that can…

I've had an interviewer suggest to me that I open a Github account, to improve my chances of getting an offer. After the interview was already over and was already rejected. But I …

I attended college, but got a BFA in electronic media which 99% of the world doesn't know about or acknowledge, and a lot of the CS basics I have taught myself. So I consider mysel…

False sense of security of your job. I worked for more companies that had problems with their budget or even payroll after stepping into the programming career, than I have when I …