Career

David's Blog

Career Advice No One Gave Me: Give a Lot of Notice When You Quit

2 weeks notice is the gold standard when quitting. But giving more notice (a lot more notice) actually has a lot of benefits. …

Matthew's Substack

Want an unfair advantage in your tech career? Consume content meant for other roles

Learning about roles you work with can provide a meaningful competitive advantage in the modern tech world.

Hacker News

Has anyone successfully started their career over in their 30s

Feel like I’ve wasted my life. No marketable skills. Unimpressive résumé. No network. No mentor. No confidence. No …

The Washington Post

Layoff spree in Silicon Valley spells end of an era for Big Tech

A crypto-collapse, layoffs at Facebook and carnage at Twitter are rocking the tech industry. It’s stoking memories of …

Sifted

What not to say to someone who has just been laid off

Think about comforting someone who has been laid off like you’d comfort someone who has lost family.

The New York Times

Tech's Talent Wars Have Come Back to Bite It

Hiring the best, the brightest and the highest number of employees was a badge of honor at tech companies. Not anymore as …

The New York Times

What's the Salary? N.Y.C. Job Seekers Can No Longer Be Kept in the Dark

A new city law going into effect on Tuesday will require companies with at least four employees to post salary ranges for …

Morning Brew

Job hunting for remote work is a mess right now

There are very few activities worse than opening your laptop, sorting through 20 different versions of …

Xe Iaso

Salary Transparency

This page lists my salary for every job I’ve had in tech. I have had this data open to the public for years, but I feel …

Hacker News

How to overcome job search exhaustion?

I’ve been applying to jobs since February and I have reached a point where just looking at another job post gives me …

Jamie Tanna

Lessons learned since posting my salary history publicly

Just over a year ago, I did something quite “out there”, even for me, and I posted my salary history publicly. …

Hacker News

How to find what I am really good at?

In the past years I’ve been quite diluted in my personal and professional life. Changed several jobs, and in my …

The Washington Post

Unpaid internships face new scrutiny as barriers to careers

The value of an internship is unmistakable. It teaches marketable skills, it builds professional networks, and it helps …

Stay SaaSy

Build Your Career on Dirty Work

Whenever people ask me for advice on career growth, I share what has worked reasonably well for me: find a growth company, …

The New Yorker

If You Want This Job, We Must Interview You Forever

We’re thrilled to invite you to a fourth-round interview—an overnight camping trip with our twenty-five-person …

The Wall Street Journal

Job Switchers Are Earning a Lot More Than Those Who Stay

Even if you’re happy at your job, getting a new job for more pay is a good strategy as inflation eats into paychecks.By …

The Wall Street Journal

To Find Your Next Job, Ditch the Online Resume Portal

Companies and candidates frustrated by online applications are reverting to in-person meetings—or simulating face-to-face …

Angela Riggs

Talking About Layoffs

We don’t really talk about layoffs. When you hear someone say they got laid off, it’s likely the next thing you …

Andy Lester's blog

Skip the exit interview when you leave your job

When it’s time to leave your job, someone from Human Resources may want to sit you down and have an “exit …

Hacker News

How do you deal with rude interviewers?

At the time I didn’t say anything, and just continued the interview as if nothing happened, but in retrospect, I think …

BBC

The 'working' job interviews that go too far

To prove jobseekers’ worth, some employers are asking candidates to work before they’re even hired – sometimes, …

Jamie Tanna

Lessons learned from the recent job hunt

I naturally wanted to blog about the processes, talk about how I felt the interview processes have improved/not been as good, …

The New York Times

What Your Younger Employees Are Really Thinking

In the latest Times Opinion focus group, 12 millennial Americans — ages 26 to 33 — discussed how the pandemic had upended and …

Lowly Midwestern Engineer

My experience getting a tech job with no degree or relevant work experience

This is how I did it as a college dropout (psych major at a state school). Your mileage may vary.

Alex MacCaw

Resumes are dangerous

Often, when I’m reading a resume I’m thinking: “This guy is great, look at all this experience. He clearly …

Maia McCormick

Job Hunting While Day-Jobbing

Interviewing is stressful enough, but interviewing while doing your day job? Yikes!

Well, I just did it, and I’m here …

Hacker News

What should I bring up during salary negotiation as a junior developer?

So i am a junior software developer in a large consultant company and have my first salary negotiations soon and need some …

GitHub

Career tips for beginner developers

Advice on fundamentals, picking languages to learn, social media presence, interviewing, and more.

Hacker News

When did 7 interviews become "normal"?

I was told “5 to 7 interviews is normal”. What?

When did a hiring manager lose their authority and the trust of …