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Understanding Software Engineering Job Titles 20 Aug 2013 | 04:55 pm
The world of professional software engineering is full of titles and grades. Employers use job titles as a means to help them build new teams with the right mix of talent, attract the right caliber of...
UX, Then Architecture, Then Tools 12 Mar 2013 | 03:57 pm
Imagine you are building your dream house. Would you trust a general contractor who talks like this? First, we’re going to pick out the material for the kitchen counter and the glass for the windows. ...
3 Signs of Narcissistic UI Design 8 Jan 2013 | 06:56 pm
User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) design is hard, no doubt about it. Sadly, many software applications appear to have been built by narcissists, because they seem to assume that: We enjoy b...
The Web APIs You Use Will Fail 24 Oct 2012 | 06:54 pm
If you’ve built an application that calls any kind of remote Web API – be it based on SOAP, REST/HTTP, Thrift, JSON-RPC or otherwise – your code must absolutely expect it to fail. Expecting your remot...
The Programming Language Skill Scale 17 Aug 2012 | 08:28 pm
Beginner Know nothing about it Know enough to successfully pretend to know it during lunch Know enough to be dangerous with it Know enough to be employed to be dangerous with it Intermediate Know enou...
Interoperability Success Stories 12 Jul 2012 | 08:24 pm
If you spend any time writing software, you’ll eventually hit an interoperability wall: two components that should talk to each other just refuse to do so. Maybe it’s a web API that has just been mod...
5 signs that you should hire a programmer on the spot 1 May 2012 | 01:52 pm
Bringing a programmer in for an interview and a coding test can lead to some interesting experiences, both for the interviewer and the interviewee. Most end up with the hiring manager telling them tha...
Web engineer looking for work? Start by rethinking your resume. 3 Mar 2012 | 06:05 am
We’re currently hiring web engineers to help build the next-generation of TimeTrade’s online scheduling system. Lots of resumes come my way, but 99% of them look exactly the same, following this forma...
When Outlook Attacks 7 Jan 2012 | 03:45 am
Most people have had to deal with awful user interfaces at some point. Cluttered, messy applications are everywhere from Windows to Mac, Android to iPhone. There are already plenty of examples online ...
How to phone-screen programmers and not go insane 3 Nov 2011 | 12:54 am
Technical phone screens are hard to do right. Yet, they serve an important role. They are the primary filter that ensures you only bring in appropriate candidates to spend valuable hours meeting your ...
