Articles by Dice Guest

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  The Importance of Bonding with Customers: A Cautionary Tale

  Without trust, your company will never succeed. Building your business hinges on cultivating trust in your brand, with your products, among your people, and through your processes. In the beginni…
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  The Lyft Lesson: How Startups Scale Growth with Smart Hiring

  When Lyft went public earlier this year, investors scrambled to grab their piece of the popular ride-sharing platform. But while Lyft is hot on the stock market (the company was valued close to $…
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  Age Discrimination in Hiring—a Hidden Problem

  According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), nearly half of those who've been out of a job for six months or more are over 50. It is an undeniable truth that it's much harder to find a…
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  Inclusiveness, Diversity Matter More Than You Think

  Let’s start with a difficult truth about diversity: it is human nature to surround yourself with people who are similar to you. From cultural backgrounds to political persuasions, it’s easiest to…
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  9 Ways to Think Like a Programmer

  There’s a certain mystique about web developers and programmers amongst the general, non-coding population. They’re pictured as having a secret lexicon and impossibly deep technical wisdom. They…
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  Hiring Non-Traditional Engineers: Lessons and Tips

  Truss has been hiring engineers for years, and we’ve learned an important lesson: résumés aren’t everything. Yes, qualifications, certifications, and degrees are important for assessing a potenti…
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  8 Job Hunting Tips for Aspiring Tech Professionals

  As the calendar moves quickly toward late June, we are trending toward the tail end of the college graduation season, which is an incredibly exciting time. To those newly-minted graduates, congra…
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  Choose Your IT Project Stakeholders Carefully

  Before the cloud, IT projects had a definitive start and end. Choosing the right leadership team to keep all players on task was paramount to success. In the cloud era, instead of distinct start…
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  Java Learners: Common Mistakes You'll Make

  Having fun while tinkering with technology is a good approach to learning Java. However, it doesn’t prevent you from making the typical mistakes most newbie programmers do. And that’s what I want…
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  3 Strategies to Stay on Top of Immigration Issues

  Tech sector hiring managers are facing numerous roadblocks in the competition for talent. Global uncertainty and changing immigration regulations make identifying candidates with hard-to-find ski…