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Yet Another Company to Blacklist

GAMA-1 Technologies is yet another company to blacklist. Even if you aren’t a member of the Software Contractor’s Guild, I’m going to share this with you. What makes it worse is the fact these guys are government contractors and most gigs require clearance so they should be held to a higher standard than Indian firms. Obviously the GAO doesn’t police contractors well. A casual reader who doesn’t work in IT might read this blog, not … Yet Another Company to BlacklistRead more

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Dice – This is Broken

You would think, Dice, a site branding itself as being for “technology jobs” would know better than use Agile and off-shore labor. Nothing screams “I’m just a hack!” like using the phrase “full stack.” I don’t know for a fact they are using off-shore or visa worker labor, but that is definitely the quality of the software being turned into production. I’ve written about Agile on this blog before. I’ve even written a book on … Dice – This is BrokenRead more

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Which programming language offers the best job market?

I got sucked into a discussion on Reddit with this very question. No, I don’t hang out on Reddit. I wouldn’t even go there but a couple of technical writing crawlers periodically drop an email with links to things there. So, let’s get a few things out of the way up front: There is no “best language to learn” when the question is asked in a vacuum. There are many different job markets and industries … Which programming language offers the best job market?Read more