Articles by Dice Staff
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Leveling Up: How to Go from Developer to CTO
When Meebo co-founder Elaine Wherry created her social, chat aggregator and personalized content company, she decided to keep a diary of all the mistakes she made along the way. To her surprise,… -
NYC Data Center Needs Focus on Fuel
[caption id="attachment_5631" align="aligncenter" width="618"] A recent ConEd map of outages in lower Manhattan.[/caption] Who knew that the most critical element of operating a data center in Ne… -
Why Apple Lightning Connector Crack Is Good News
The word on the street is that Apple’s new Lightning connector for the iPhone has already been cracked, raising the possibility that cheap, but functional, knockoff cables will soon be a reality.… -
How to Leverage Your Engineers As Recruiters
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOy-uGPVVok&wmode=window&h=315] Whether you’re a recruiter or not, you may have to eventually hire someone. To learn how engineers can help with the recrui… -
Does More Training Really Lead to Raises?
A recent Global Knowledge/Tech Republic Salary Survey, which finds a direct correlation between continuing training and salary increases, brings up an old and vexing question, especially for peop… -
NYC Data Centers Struggle to Recover After Sandy
[caption id="attachment_5593" align="aligncenter" width="618"] ConEd outages as of 10:30 AM EST Oct. 31.[/caption] Problems in New York’s data centers persisted through Wednesday morning, with ho… -
iPad Mini Carries a Premium, Yet Justified, Price Tag
Apple announced a whole range of refreshed products in its special event last week. The impossibly thin iMac is arguably the most impressive of all, but the iPad mini, the cheapest among all the… -
What's on My Code Review Checklist
I wrote recently about checklists for peer code reviews. We talked about the benefits of peer code reviews and some tips for making them a natural part of your contests. Today, we'll follow up wi… -
Tips to Crack the Coding Interview
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN0B4mOtwX0&wmode=window&h=315] Gayle Laakmann McDowell’s session, “Cracking the Coding Interview," was likely the most popular event at the 2012 Silicon V… -
Forget Plastic, Try A Bamboo Smartphone
Forget about plastic, carbon, or painted, anodized aluminum-sided smart phones. The phone of the near future may be encased in bamboo. The eco-phone idea was sparked when Kieron-Scott Woodhouse d…