Articles by Dice Staff

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  Your Workplace Transition Survival Guide

  Whether you’ve decided to take the plunge into startup land after years in a big corporation, or chosen to move from a tiny startup to an enterprise position, there may be a few bumps along the w…
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  4 Ways to Recruit New Graduates in Tech

  In January, the tech industry’s unemployment rate sank to 2.4 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; that’s about half the national rate of 4.9 percent. Such numbers reiterate…
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  10 Top States for Tech-Salary Growth

  Let’s say you’re a tech professional in one of the country’s most expensive metro areas—San Francisco, for example, or New York City. You’re willing to move someplace that offers a lower cost of…
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  Indie Game Devs Face the Multiplayer Challenge

  Independent video game developers face plenty of challenges—but perhaps none take on a harder task than those building online multiplayer games. Creating a multiplayer game is “exponentially more…
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  How Much 'Unlimited' Vacation Should I Use?

  Is unlimited vacation too much of a good thing? A number of tech firms—including Netflix, Zynga, and Evernote—have stopped restricting their employees to a set number of paid vacation days per ye…
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  Bouncing Back from Job Rejection

  The job sounded like just the thing for you. So you polished your résumé and other materials, submitted your application, and endured a series of phone (and perhaps in-person) interviews. You ret…
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  Tips for Negotiating Equity

  When evaluating whether or not to join a company in a technical role—especially if that company is an early stage startup— Ernest Grumbles, a startup IP and business attorney at Adams Grumbles, L…
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  Are Employee Affinity Groups Worth the Effort?

  Your company might call it an employee resource group (ERG), affinity group, or network. No matter what the name, the goal is supposed to be the same: a social and professional network for people…
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  With Résumés, Don’t Leave Off Dates

  If you’ve endured a lengthy stretch of unemployment, or you’ve been in the workforce for decades and feel that an employer might hold your age against you, you might be tempted to leave all dates…
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  Prepping for the Video Interview

  Several surveys over the past few years have confirmed what job-seekers already know: a lot of companies like conducting interviews via video rather than in-person. Here are some quick tips for p…