Recent Happenings
I am definitely in a funk of some sort. I’ve just been completely out of it ever since I pulled a 110+ hour week at the beginning of November working towards the release of the project I’m working on: FCG’s...
Category: DevLife
Programmathon VII Day 2, Day 3
Day two was pretty busy, so I didn’t really get a chance to take any pictures. Towards the end of the day, I was definitely feeling a bit high strung. I’m goal oriented and I abide by the saying: say what you...
Nerd Glee
So this morning, a FedEx Express (redundant?) truck showed up at my front door promptly at 9:00 to deliver a little bundle of joy: a new workstation. For as long as I’ve worked, I don’t think I’ve ever received a new...
Mindblowing Job Candidate Trawling…
The following are the contents of an actual email that I received this afternoon: Hi cchen I have a very hot Java Developer rek with a direct-client in Manhattan. Please send me candidates with rates and contact-numbers. Interviews this week....
Of Trawling and Tech Jobs These Days…
I stumbled on a post by Don Demask on the subject of tech/IT recruiter etiquette. Or rather, I should say, the lack thereof. I’ve touched on a similar topic in the past (in fact, one of my first posts on...
Developer Life Lessons: #001
Welcome to the inaugural “Developer Life Lessons” post! Like my DevTools posts, I hope to make these a series which contain little developer life stories, tidbits, and advice (at least whatever I’m qualified to offer). So what shall our topic...