I think you need to ask yourself if a background check would have made any difference to this guy at all, or whether he would have respected laws that made...

Coool... I wonder if they are feeding a neural net or something in order to automate the process in the future. Seems like the logical conclusion for a project like...

There is a backlash on that as well. In my last two jobs I've been told that they'd rather close the company than hire another person from India. Some managers...

Yes, college is not teaching development skills. They are teaching languages. IMO, the first year of a CS degree should not involve any programming. The reason I'm still around is...

Are you off your prozac or something? What's with the depressing topics lately?

Computer science will not die, unless people let it. As long as folks like me are out here,...

Yeah but it's not illegal to put it on your resume and take your chances. Sometimes it will help, but most times not. If you're applying to work with Focus...

I think that's Toshiba, actually. They came and fixed one of mine too, but then the repair guy said it was 'totalled', even though he fixed it. I got my...

I'd be interested to know how many programmers out there are also mechanics. When I was racing, a lot of the people were in this biz, if they weren't professional...

Well, number one thing... I never heard about this Code Camp. In fact, I've never even heard the term before. So, clearly there is a marketing issue.

The other thing (for...

Hehe... I have one of these so I'm not worried:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/8506/

I'm not bashing Star Trek... not at all

Sorry but I don't put much stock in the opinion of a person who claims to be an IT guy, but can't spell Star Trek. Programming is different. It will...

IT is the best thing I've ever done, but see... I actually like it. Anyone who says otherwise, simply made the wrong career choice. It really is that simple. If...

Steve, isn't this exactly what you've been asking for for months now?

"each stage of the project can be evaluated and decisions taken"

Yes I agree, and that requires the developers to look at the situation, try a few things, do some research...

Why is this suddenly about "protecting the company" and not about finding the person who can do the best job?

I take offense when a company assumes that, if they hire...