The 7 deadly Sins of IT recruitemnt

1) Companies are mostly looking for framework or library “monkeys”, not software engineers. They do not understand technology in general and just follow whatever is trendy in the industry at the moment. 2) Companies often confuse years or “getting in contact” with a given programming language, a given framework or Read more

Dream Job. For awhile.

In my last five years as a university prof in Thailand, I was tasked with editing Ph.D. dissertations. Not digitally, but physical printouts. No classes to teach. It was a dream. I’d fill a shoulder bag with 4-5 dissertations (about 10-12 days of work) and travel to the mountains of Read more

“You don’t know your people..”

I don’t WFH anymore but my coworker went to a conference where they STRONGLY pressed everyone to bring everyone back to office. Their reasoning? “You don’t know your people. How can you create a culture if you don’t know who you hired?” …….. Meanwhile, at my previous remote employment, I Read more

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