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Seniority in Programming: Part Two

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Episode 44 Last week, in part one of this article, I was pondering about levels of competence in general and in software development. I looked at mainstream naming schemas, recalled metaphor to medieval craftsmanship, described ranks in Japanese martial arts, presented SFIA skill framework and finally ability’s dots in role-playing game system. Now, let’s try to do something with it. How much levels do we actually want? Well, let’s have four. Apprentice HR would call it junior developer Sensei would call it 5th to 4rd kyu SFIA would call it level 2 to 3, the one who assists and applies VtM…

Software Developer Interview: Your part.

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Episode 29 Now you will ask questions. Lots of them. As I have mentioned in the previous article, job interview is a symmetrical process. There are two entities – the Company and the Developer that meet in order to find out if they want to start a collaboration. The company will try to check if you have suitable skills, talents and how you handle different situations. They will ask you tons of questions. And you should do the same – carefully and thoroughly find out if the are suitable for you in each aspect you care about. Basically, you should have the same amount of time for your questio…

Software developer interview questions: The soft part

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Episode 28 Soft is not a short from software here. In the previous article we went through technical aspects of Java developer job interview. This time we are going to explore the non-technical part or soft part or HR part or however you want to call it (it’s not just Java developer now, of course, but software developer in general). Sometimes you will talk with your potential team leader, project manager, line manager, other kind of manager, someone from human resources department or just a guy from dev team (hey, they can talk too!). They will try to find out if you will fit the organizati…

Seniority in Programming: Part One

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Episode 43 While browsing job offers in software development, you can often encounter words like “junior”, “middle”, “regular”, “senior”, “lead” or “principal”. What do they actually mean? Correct answer, as usual, is: it depends. The idea of job grades, pay grades, tiers or seniority levels seems to be quite subjective, depending on job market situation, country, company, technology and if HR people have a good day or not. Let’s explore the subject and try to find some answers. I will reach for some metaphors and analogies to help with this endeavor. Assuming that software development is a…

Why work for a software company?

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Episode 37 When I was looking for a new job recently, I had a strong resolution, that I’m going to work for a company that is doing software. Not telecommunication equipment that requires software. Not financial products that require software. Not trucks that require software. I wanted a company, that does the damn software for a living. And I will tell you why. Case one: Technology Corporation It’s not bad, could be worse. Companies that focus on technology usually have some kind of understanding for engineers. Usually. There is the corporate aspect though with all the bureaucratic nonsen…

Java developer interview questions: The hard part

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Episode 27 Since I’ve attended several job interviews recently, I’ve decided to share some experience with you. Why hard part? Because this article is going to be about technical stuff. I’m going to write something about soft part later. Technical interview will probably look a bit different depending on your programming background. If you are new, expect more core language / programming questions. Later on emphasis probably shifts more towards your actual work experience, technologies, frameworks and practical problem solving skills. I’m not going to answer questions (I’m lazy), just provid…