Computer Programming Jobs

Should I add non related jobs to resume?

If I want to make a resume for a computer programmer position should I add jobs that have nothing to do with computer programming in the list (such as dish washing and glass installer lol)?
Also, what if this would be my first job as a programmer? I do have quite a long experience as [...]

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JNBridge Company Experts to Speak on Interoperability Issues in the Cloud at JavaOne 2010

JNBridge Company Experts to Speak on Interoperability Issues in the Cloud at JavaOne 2010
BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Who: Wayne Citrin CTO JNBridge (www.jnbridge.com) Citrin is Chief Technology Officer at JNBridge. He is the architect of JNBridgePro, and has been devoted to Java and .NET interoperability issues since .NET’s beta days, more than nine [...]

Software Development Freelancing

How do I stop doing stuff I don’t want to do? (Or at least do it less)?

(So the years make sense, I’m 18) I think I have an ‘addictive personality’. It seems like I’m always doing something bad for me. For about 2 years, I’ve been doing drugs about once a month. Just so I can say I’m not addicted because I can go a whole month without doing something. Started [...]

Software Industry News

Sailing Mystery Unsolved: Court Declares Jim Gray Dead

Highly respected researcher Jim Gray contributed to relational database development and early big data projects. More than five years ago, he and his sailboat disappeared near the Farallon Islands..
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Industry Articles

Career/Degree for working in Communications.?

I am currently in college working on obtaining a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science. The problem is, is that it bores me. I don’t understand all of the coding and making programs, my head just can’t wrap around all of that. I have never thought of it before, but I am a complete cell phone [...]

From the Blogs

Workforce IT program: A model for debt-free college education

Workforce Opportunity Services partners with businesses, restructures college curricula to put vocational skills first, and offers a pay-as-you-go model for higher education that lets low-income students graduate debt free. It’s a model that America’s colleges and universities might do well to follow.
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Education/Training

Should I learn Java, C++, or continue VB.net?

I know basics for VB.net, and am currently self-teaching myself. I may go to a technology camp this year. What I want to know is this, which is more valuable: An education in Java, C++, or VB.net (pick only ONE) for a person looking to go into computer programming and why.
I know the more languages [...]

Hiring/Recruiting

Information Technology Career Advise?

I was working for Company A as an Application Support Specialist (level 2 support ((not answer the phones but before programmers got the call)) (supporting Mainframes, AS/400’s, and web-based applications) also completing profile and application security request before SOX really came along) for a total of almost 8 years. I loved the job [...]

The Job Search

VPN problem a work, 10 pts if anyone can figure this out , this is advanced and I bet no one can figure it out?

I just started working a part time job this week at my university in IT support for a smaller department. The guys who originally configured the server and the network itself left/ were fired a year ago and i’m the 3rd new guy. The other guys are also 6 months recent and are still not [...]