Hiring in IT and Relevance of Domain Experience
When choosing to hire someone, do you want experience or freshness? A few thoughts from someone that had to go through this recently.
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An Amazing Interview
There are many amazing candidates in IT, but how many can give an amazing interview. I feel I can't, can you?
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Versatile or Jack of all trades
Do you consider multi-skills useful; or just one with mastery in it?
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Does the Tone matter?
Does the tone of communication matters to you that much that it affects your work in some way?
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Guilty of Over-Customising
Am I guilty of over-customising software? Read this and let us know what you think.
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Have you ever given up on your brainchild
Have you ever given up on your brainchild? If yes, how did you deal with it?
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