Wed Feb 17 23:55:04 HKT 2010 From /weblog/career/jobs

interviewee tip

10 types of crappy interviewees - http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com[..]/02/10-types-of-crappy-interviewees.html

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Sun Feb 07 22:34:25 HKT 2010 From /weblog/career

CV

First, don't lie at the CV....

http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.357394

Some useful information from the thread:
online learning listing: http://www.n-d-l-a-c.com/pages/1/index.htm
uk university listing: http://www.ucas.com/instit/index.html

The other useful resource of writing CV
http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=182353,00.asp

Number 1: The overblown objective
Number 2: The poorly executed bluff
Number 3: The mug shot
Number 4: The block party
Number 5: Wallflower skills
http://www.linkive.com[..]/Avoid%20these%20five%20resume%20killers

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Tue Feb 02 11:53:05 HKT 2010 From /weblog/career

productivity

Links of tips of how to be a productivity person - http://freelanceswitch.com[..]-read-productivity-tips-for-freelancers/

Ten ways to ensure that you finish work on time

1. Ensure that you learn from your calls
2. Make sure that you complete an entry for the knowledge base
3. Make sure that the users understand the help desk opening hours.
4. Ensure that you deal with calls effectively.
5. Cut out the unnecessary chatter.
6. Don’t feel guilty about finishing at your appointed time.
7. Organize your day so that the urgent stuff gets done first,
8. Start on time.
9. Some people think that the boss will be impressed by seeing you stay late. A good boss will not be fooled by this
10. A recent survey showed that the longer you stay at work the more your efficiency declines.

- http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/helpdesk/?p=968

http://manwithnoblog.com[..]0/01/14/improving-your-listening-skills/

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Tue Jan 19 11:27:26 HKT 2010 From /weblog/career/jobs

hiring

How do you think about this? http://www.google.com/search?q=hire+slowly+fire+quickly

The other guide - http://home.att.net[..]rey.slinker/maverick/MaverickHiring.html

startup hiring - http://blogs.atlassian.com[..]is_a_hire_way_5_tips_for_startup_hi.html

First of all, the #1 cardinal criteria for getting hired at Fog Creek:

Smart, and
Gets Things Done.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000073.html

Six Point:
-Technical Knowledge.
-Critical Thinking.
-Can You Solve Problems?
-Can You Learn?
-Can You Change Based on Environment and Evidence?
-Are You Toxic?

http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=228097

http://blogs.windwardreports.com[..]programming-interview-question-ever.html <- But I am not so sure about this.....

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Sun Jan 17 00:35:29 HKT 2010 From /weblog/career/jobs

interviewer tip

The best way I've found to interview candidate developers is to pair program with them to do real work on the actual code of the project that is hiring. If not possible, give programming exercise which is:

The exercise must involve working with current development tools.
The exercise must require the candidate to apply important features of the language.
The exercise must involve understanding and working with existing code.
The exercise must involve error handling.
The exercise must involve testing.
The exercise must offer scope for domain modelling.
The exercise must involve asking questions.
The exercise must be realistic.
The exercise must involve changing requirements.
The exercise must offer the candidate enough rope to hang themselves.
The exercise must test many different skills and practices.

A good interview programming exercise takes at least an hour. - http://nat.truemesh.com/archives/000630.html

The other interesting reading - http://blog.secosoft.net[..]ass-kickin-interviewscreening-questions/

Phone interview - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePhoneScreen.html

Questions that somebody like to ask... although I think this guy is a bit arrogance - http://softarc.blogspot.com[..]y-favorite-java-developer-interview.html

Another interview question and answer - http://journeymanjournal.blogspot.com/2005/03/sir-am-i-hired.html http://paultyma.blogspot.com[..]/howto-pass-silicon-valley-software.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001042.html

How about lie at CV? http://jroller.com[..]mon?entry=lying_on_your_r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9

Interviewing in google - http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/000174.html

What interviewee should asked at interview - http://blog.reindel.com[..]programmer-should-ask-on-a-job-interview

What should not waste time to ask the candidate - http://www.innerspace.com.hk/cl_life.html

http://www.ehow.com[..]303_use-technique-ace-job-interview.html

Beware of the small things during interview - http://cn.wsj.com/big5/20100115/eoe145304.asp

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Tue Feb 17 01:33:16 HKT 2009 From /weblog/career

decision

Toolkit for avoiding bad decisions - http://www.ft.com[..]9aacb92-f854-11dd-aae8-000077b07658.html

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Wed Jun 25 20:19:15 HKT 2008 From /weblog/career

programming

Code kata - http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001138.html

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Thu Mar 27 03:21:59 HKT 2008 From /weblog/career/jobs

Boss

A discussion thread about how to due with boss/manager that don't give you anything to do - http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.361868

Requirement of a PA of one boss - http://manincentral.blogspot.com/2008/03/blog-post_26.html

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Tue Mar 18 01:25:23 HKT 2008 From /weblog/career

consulting

principles of taking consultance service:

1. I will not work for an organization whose goals are not consonant with my own beliefs.

2. I will not work on projects whose goals I do not understand, or cannot agree with.

3. Before becoming part of a project, I will first obtain agreement on what percentage of my time I can (and must) spend on continuing professional development, and what resources will be provided me for that purpose.

4. I will not work under measurement schemes that pit one person’s performance against another’s. Rather, I will cooperate totally to help others in the project achieve their full potential, as I expect them to help me do.

5. I will not accept work without understanding what is to be done, and why, nor will I pass work to others without their similar understanding.

6. All my work will always be open and available for critical comments (circumscribed, as appropriate, by real security considerations); and I will always stand ready to review the work of others in exchange for them returning the reviewing service to me on my work.

7. As long as the above conditions are met, I will devote myself in the utmost to achieving the goals of my project and the organization that has retained my services.


http://secretsofconsulting.blogspot.com[..]/07/working-conditions-that-prevent.html

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Tue Mar 18 01:25:23 HKT 2008 From /weblog/career

postive thinking

Positive Psychology News Daily provides the latest news about happiness, the “science of happiness,” and Positive Psychology. Our goal is to be your fun, collaborative place for a research-based daily boost of happiness.

http://pos-psych.com

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Tue Mar 18 01:25:22 HKT 2008 From /weblog/career/jobs

nice advice of how to get a job

There are four ways of going about this…

[1] – Submit your resume to a job site like Monster, and wait…

[2] – Attend various on-campus recruiting efforts…

[3] – Work with a recruiter…

[4] – Get recommended by a friend on the inside…

[1] and [2] are most ppl doing, [4] is nice if you have such friend, the best choice to trying [3]. More detail at

http://www.wallstreetprogrammer.com[..]inding-a-programming-job-on-wall-street/

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Tue Oct 09 02:21:45 HKT 2007 From /weblog/career

only question

Do you get to do what you do best every day?

http://jchyip.blogspot.com[..]0/only-career-question-that-matters.html

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Wed Mar 21 23:29:46 HKT 2007 From /weblog/career/jobs

Personal Qualities

A prioritized list of desired traits:

Character
Critical thinking
Motivation
Creativity
Business knowledge
Technical knowledge

My only suspect is Technical knowledge is lower than Business knowledge, what will you think about this?

http://www.davenicolette.net/agile/index.blog?entry_id=1220879

Difference type of employee - http://headrush.typepad.com[..]onate_users/2007/03/is_your_app_an_.html

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Wed Mar 14 12:35:11 HKT 2007 From /weblog/career/jobs

career plan

Career planning, some body say it is waste, see if you think so - http://www.spring.org.uk[..]1/why-career-planning-is-time-wasted.php

And here is an article about Engineering career path - http://www.waysys.com/ws_content_al_sse.html

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Tue Nov 28 01:47:57 HKT 2006 From /weblog/career

salary

See how much US and europe people earn more than Hong Kong

http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.362783

http://hoskinator.blogspot.com[..]/average-salary-for-java-developers.html

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Thu Oct 12 18:45:28 HKT 2006 From /weblog/career/jobs

IT employment

A nice comment about IT employment:

Because the company cannot show absolute loyalty to the employees, I don't
want or expect absolute loyalty from employees to the company. In fact, when
I see an employee with a strong sense of loyalty, it worries me, because I
know that I may not be able to return the sentiment.

Obviously I expect honesty and fairness. But when it comes to the issue of
whether the employee stays or goes somewhere else, I don't expect loyalty to
be the deciding factor. It is my job to make sure the employees are happy
with their compensation and work environment. If they find a better
situation, I expect them to do what is best for them and their family. I
simply need to be sure that they cannot find a better situation.

That puts a lot of responsibility on the company, especially with the way we
do software development here. We ask our developers to do a lot of things
they don't necessarily enjoy. We expect them to help customers with the
tougher problems. We expect them to help with testing. We expect them to be
willing to use any and all of their skills to help make our products
successful. For a programmer who wants to do nothing but write code,
SourceGear is not the ideal work environment.

So we have to take the challenge of retention seriously. I'm pretty sure
nobody in our area pays better than we do. Everybody gets their own private
office. We eat lunch together every Wednesday at the company's expense. We
have a pool table and a basketball hoop.

http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com[..]DiscussTopicParent=8037&ixDiscussGroup=5

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Thu Oct 12 18:07:11 HKT 2006 From /weblog/career/jobs

How to keep programming job

Plan to improve yourself... to keep job!

http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com[..]er.com/talks/HowToKeepYourJob/HTKYJ.html

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Tue Sep 19 14:51:13 HKT 2006 From /weblog/career/jobs

What is the best job?

According to CNN, software engineer is the best job in US

http://money.cnn.com[..]/moneymag/bestjobs/frameset.exclude.html

But somebody think this is stressful to work in IT - http://eknowledger.spaces.live.com[..]com/blog/cns!F475D4DE444DB1AB!1111.entry

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Mon Mar 27 13:08:51 HKT 2006 From /weblog/career/jobs

Samples of rejection letter

http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.26437.9

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