Career

Dear Eric, I was just offered a promotion from programmer to IT manager. It feels wonderful to be asked, but I’m not sure I want to take it. Any thoughts on what I should do?

A chimp named Santino made news three years ago for gathering rocks in the morning to throw at humans in the afternoon. Now he's hiding the rocks and his own anger until it's time to whip out the rocks and have at the enemy, which dumb animals are not supposed to be able to do.

If any other Yahoo employee were confronted with a bogus credential on their resume, that person would be fired on the spot. So why does Scott Thompson still have his CEO job?

As a techie, I never understood why marketing people were paid so much to describe the product that we built, until I gained an understanding for what they do. That said, here are tips on how to write your resume like it’s a marketing brochure, not just a laundry list of skills.

Mitt Romney's new viral video comes from a 2007 speech in which he promised to require filters on every new computer to block Internet pr0n. The video may be misleading. Romney opposed SOPA, has no official position on CISPA and hasn't gone into pron much recently.

Research from a computer-scientist at the University of Arizona has defined EEG brain patterns that indicate when the brain is about to slip up on a math problem. The goal is to create systems or help students learn faster by helping keep the mental challenges manageable.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg thinks it'd be great if tech workers didn't put in stupidly long hours at the office. Don't count on her triggering a Silicon Valley revolution.

Sky News is trying to justify hacking the email of the two main figures in an insurance-fraud story, because it was so vital to the public interest that Sky reveal details of a plot in which a man faked his own death, after he'd already pled guilty to seven counts of fraud.

Since my company’s layoff last year I’ve had more work than I can handle. I’m working really hard, but can’t seem to keep up with it. Any thought on ways I can increase my productivity?

T-Mobile USA on Friday announced it would lay off up to 3,300 employees as part of a move to close down some call centers.

I have my resume on all the job board sites, I’m continually looking online for open positions, and am emailing them my resume. I also participate actively on a couple of job search blog sites. I have been looking for a job for over six months and have only had three responses and one interview. What am I doing wrong?