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new job? is he getting more take home salary?
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I have used #3 several times. My resume states where I was working and very generically what I was doing, while leaving out all of the details. If pressed, I just state "need to know".
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beastiest is more like it.
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Companies essentially get the employees they deserve.
I was teaching a C class years ago and I found it practical to have their first assignment just be "hello, world" so they got used to using the compiler. I also explained that 3/4 of their grade came from assignments, not tests (it being a practical class). One student was there every day, but only turned in the first assignment. He scored roughly 15% on the mid-term and only marginally better on the final. When his F grade arrived, he called and was all upset with me. I pointed out that he only turned in the first assignment and assignments were the majority of the grade. His stunning reply? "I thought my test grades would carry me." Um, sure.
Well, the point of this story is that the guy's company had paid for him to take the class to augment his work he did as a programmer for them. The class revealed that didn't know how to program at all. Zilch. And he had worked for them for a year. Now he was about to get fired. I got thinking, "great! a programmer who doesn't know how to program and an employer that doesn't know it. They shouldn't fire him; they are made for each other."
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'URL rewriting' is kinda vague, considering how many levels that can work at. Server level, application level, hell, he could mean that he wrote some Javascript to rewrite URLs in a page, like to redirect outgoing links through analytics. (He is, after all, apparently made of written Javascript functions.;)
'Where did you do that?' and 'What did you use it for?' seem relevant questions in an interview, if just to make sure it's not 'I know how to input an old URL and a new URL in a GUI.'
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In most cases I agree with that, but the article mentioned this guy was from overseas and possibly a non-native English speaker -- so he'd get cut some slack for the Java Script thing.
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Name anything that come close to Eclipse for java development. If you are very found of VS2010, I can step into your shoes and understand that. But if you're are doing java development, then Eclipse is best!
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IntelliJ IDEA 11 is vastly superior to eclipse IMO. Opinion being the keyword you'll probably miss.
I've used both professionally.
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I would find it incredibly hard to believe there isn't some shit in the contract which says you can't quit on them, but they are free to fire you whenever they feel like.
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You stupid arse-faced pig - fuckwit has no hyphen.
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Oh yes of course, you live in that poor benighted land where justice is a game.
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For some reason, I find it hard to believe this place would be benevolent enough to offer such reciprocity. I'm guessing there's a clause that says they can fire you whenever they want without penalty.
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I would second IntelliJ. I haven't used it for quite some time though (it would have been back when Eclipse was 2.0 and truly a steaming pile of turd). IntelliJ was a joy. I tried to get management to buy it, but I couldn't convince them that the increase in efficiency with intellij would pay for itself (sigh). Oh well.
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I find it hard to believe that there isn't some kind of easy migration solution to big boy databases (at least MS SQL databases) for Access. It seems like a nice way to not only get extra money out of a customer, but to get them paying for bigger toys.
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You're assuming that 1). The former employee can actually afford legal representation, and 2). That the former employee knows this.
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what is price for IntelliJ Idea? Is this from same people who are making Resharper for VS2010?
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Don't be evil.
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Define "evil" and "be".
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Supposedly, Access has an Upgrade Wizard for Sql Server and Sql Server has an import wizard for Access. I say supposedly, because both routes are not perfect conversions and while it tries to take care of data, it is easier for me to do that instead. It seems to have issues with unicode characters in their automated processes.
However, neither automated upgrade solve the fact that the whole app was made by someone who shouldn't have been making the app, and I'm still stuck with all the forms/reports.
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Define "Define".
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N% of lacking-unnecessary-keywords resumes don't make it past HR.
M% of interviewers will forgive lying on a resume if you fess up immediately and explain the contents of this post.
If M>(100-N) then you should lie on your resume. Feel free to supply your own values for N and M.
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Captcha: Motherfucking Idiot.
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Kinda amazing how one cannot grasp Martijn simple point.
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Most peculiar (and interesting) thing about the English language: If you see the word, read, is it present-tense or past tense? This is why machines have difficulty reading/writing English. For example.
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yeah, that's totally different in other languages.
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Yeah, that's the greatest problem.
Phrases like "The current president repents the incident" or "Oh, awesome, really" can easily be solved for their meanings and emotions.
Hint: Context.
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Indeed. In the german language for example, you have a special form of "read":
Ich lese. Ich las. Ich habe gelesen.
You can totally not express this in english.
Btw: Go back to school and learn stuff, you know.
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And I kick your ass professionally. Really, your opinion is shit, you 20 year old should come to big corporates first.
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and btw - why would a machine have difficulty to differentiate between 'I was reading' and 'I read'? Maybe if you have programmed it...
I really liked your reference to the debate about the google german translator.
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I read [reed]. -> At the moment. I read [red]. -> In the past.
I guess that's what Mathew talked about.
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Just like the past participle of "read" is "red". Easy to remember.
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Uh-oh. Is Reddit leaking again?
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I think you mean MSVS.
And actually, yes, they do. People actually care what IDE you're used to using. I've had people ask me in interviews whether I worked with Visual Studio or some other IDE.
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I'm not a lawyer, but I would think that if you didn't see the handbook because they refused to show you a copy, you might have a case. If you didn't see the handbook because you didn't bother to ask for it, I don't see how you'd have a case. "I didn't bother to check the building codes before beginning construction" is not a defense.
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However, unless you have a good-cause employment contract, it hardly matters.
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Well, if the storage guy paid what my degree was worth, I just might take him up on it.
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Pascal, not PASCAL. Dammit. Surely you do not call it PERL?
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Pet résumé peeve #1:
Submissions in MS Word format
Pet résumé peeve #2:
Submissions in MS Word format that are rife with spelling mistakes that Word underlines in red so they are completely obvious
If you're worried that a prospective employer might not be able to open a PDF, ask yourself whether you really want to work for someone who can't open a PDF.