There was a company that I worked for that had a technology project (not an IT project) that it was trying to establish. The patents and process were bought from...

Yeah - I think that this comparison is a little over the top. I...

The Laws of Manu were published in India about 200 BC. They are the oldest laws on record. Maybe when the oldest software code is 2208 years old, we will...

Michael Valentine Jones (5/27/2008)

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I give people I interview a test of SQL questions, four that I expect that anyone worth hiring can solve, and one that I expect most people...

It seems that "what you know" seems to be less important than "how fast you can learn". Unfortunately, "what you know" is much easier to test. Testing with scenarios or...

Recently there was an editorial topic about writing and a lot of IT people said that they just don't have time to write. Now, I know what they are all...

Upgrading is expensive and possibly problematic. There is no smoother transition than no transition. We are using SS2005 where I work, and there is no money for upgrades.

Although there...

I don't write that often. I prefer speaking. You get that instantaneous feedback ... questions in the middle of the training, the a-ha of the person figuring it out, or...

Google and Yahoo are both based in the same famous valley. If Microsoft lets a whole bunch of talent go, especially in a disgruntled way, they could just hop on...

Matt,

Joel was originally talking about new grads coming into the market, getting hired by Microsoft or Google and making Sr. level money.

It may be possible to get hired right...

Maybe most of...

In Canada, there has been a decades long "brain-drain" south to the United States. People get paid more and pay less taxes (generally). But I agree with Steve ... if...