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4 Steps to Start a Career Accountability Group

Posted August 13, 2013 - 4:01 pm

I would really like to move ahead professionally. I know there are many things I could do that would help me, but I don’t know which one to do first. As a result, I’m not doing anything. Any suggestions?
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Stay Technical or Become a Manger: 10 Things to Consider

Posted May 23, 2012 - 5:49 am

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?
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6 great social media jobs within IT

Posted January 3, 2012 - 12:40 pm

Are there any social media related jobs within a traditional IT group? Yes, there are ...
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17-year old invents 'Swiss army knife of cancer drugs;' So...what'd you do senior year?

Posted December 9, 2011 - 3:20 pm

17-year-old Angela Zhang won the Siemens Competition for accomplishments in science by a high-school student with a nanoparticle that would make the career of an adult biochemist.
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Your technology skills have a two year half-life - Part 2

Posted October 31, 2011 - 12:15 pm

Last week’s blog “Your technology skills have a two year half-life and 6 ways to stay current” was heavily read and hotly debated. Thank you to all and here is my reply.
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COBOL programmers have options, but must ask themselves what they want to do, and learn

Posted June 20, 2011 - 11:45 am

I’m a COBOL programmer with about 30 years of experience and have been out of work for just over two years. Is it too late for me to learn new marketable skills? If not, what should I learn?
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Hottest IT job skills for 2011

Posted March 21, 2011 - 12:49 pm

IT is in the middle of a dramatic shift that is affecting the number and type of jobs CIOs need to fill: great news if you have the right skills, bad news if you don't.
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Why won't anyone hire middle-aged geeks?

Posted February 7, 2011 - 4:55 pm

During the most recent recession unemployment for IT people 55 and over went way up, while actually dropping for noobs aged 25-54.
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In IT, balance of pain shifts slightly from worker to employer

Posted January 20, 2011 - 12:18 pm

A tiny increase in hiring and pay thins the gloom in the IT job market, reducing need to hang on to jobs they hate just to keep a paycheck.
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