Articles by Dice Staff

• R, Octave, and Python: Which Suits Your Analysis Needs?

  Some businesses want all the benefits of a top-shelf data analysis package, but lack the budget to purchase one from SAS Institute, MathWorks, or another established, proprietary vendor. However,…
• Project Management A Case of Common Sense? Not

  A few days ago, I overheard another project manager say: "project management is easy - it's just common sense." I cringed a bit when I heard this. Is that all it is? Really? I've thought about th…
• Set Software Engineering Contractor Rates Right

  Software engineers make a pretty good living, when working for an employer, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Salaried computer programmers earn about $34.92 per hour on average. That'…
• Kodak Had Nuclear Reactor; Forgot to Tell City

  Kodak may be a sinking ship, but apparently it's a nuclear sinking ship. Or was. For more than 30 years the company kept a small reactor running in its basement in Rochester, N.Y., used for resea…
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  Tough Bootcamp Teaches Ruby on Rails

  Ruby on Rails is among the most sought after tech skills, so developers are looking for ways to get up to speed fast. That’s why Shereef Bishay started Dev Bootcamp, a hardcore ten-week program b…
• Windows 8 Bundles Parental Control

  Microsoft's announced a parental control feature in Windows 8, designed to allow parents to closely monitor their children’s computer activities. The feature, Family Safety, generates a weekly re…
• T-Mobile Eliminates 900 More Jobs in Restructuring

  T-Mobile USA is expected to slice off another 900 jobs, expanding the scope of its previously announced restructuring. In March, T-Mobile said it would pare its 24 call centers to 17. That left r…
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  Equip Your Customers for Success

  Watch Chris Brogan in this 3-minute video on how to make your customer the hero. The last time I ran into Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan), President of Human Business Works, it was just a month prior…
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  Apple Ramps Up iCloud Hiring

  Apple's looking for engineers as it works to expand the scope of iCloud. It's looking for at least 19 of them as it reportedly prepares for a massive refresh of the eight-month old service. A key…
• Software Engineer Career Fork? Check Out These Ideas

  Software engineers may eventually find themselves facing a fork in the road, with their career. It's not hard to imagine, given the way most people take only a few conscious steps toward becoming…