Articles by Dice Staff
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Have You Ever Been Forced to Mentor?
Why is mentoring important to an IT career? Because we have so much technical information to consume, and a mentor can add context to any given challenge. But for mentoring to work the chemistry… -
More VC Dollars Flow into New York, Bringing Tech Jobs With Them
Many IT jobs are coming to New York by way of small business, as the city reemerges as a hub for start-ups and venture capital dollars. PriceWaterhouseCooper ranks the New York region at No. 4 in… -
Thursday's People News
Donald Newell: Ex-Intel Guy Hired as a New CTO at AMD [BSN] BayCare Health System Names Tim Thompson Chief Information Officer [Sacramento Bee] Longtime Insurance IT Manager Named CIO At ING [Cou… -
Google's Aggressive Silicon Valley Hiring Continues
In the first six months of this year, Google added close to 2,000 people, an increase of about 10 percent that brings its worldwide staff total to about 22,000. At that rate, the company could bo… -
Someone's Got to Install All Those Wireless Systems in New York's Subways
Despite enormous cutbacks and fare hikes in the New York Subway System, MTA is moving ahead with plans to make every subway platform wireless, creating scores of jobs in the process. In a $200 mi… -
DiceTV: What Does It Take to be a Microsoft Evangelist?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQDYLVHS5Mk?rel=0&w=570&h=346] Microsoft evangelist, it seems like one of the coolest jobs, and more than 1,100 people around the globe have that title. At… -
DiceTV: Gnomedex's Chris Pirillo on Our Individual Power to Create
Gnomedex 10 launched today in Seattle. For those not familiar with the conference, attendees refer to it as "TED light," because it's about 1/10th the cost, yet still has great inspiring speakers… -
DiceTV: Robert Scoble's Tips for Getting Started in Social Media
At Gnomedex 10 in Seattle, we met up with Robert Scoble, former tech evangelist with Microsoft and now evangelist with Rackspace. After years of blogging and engaging in social media, Scoble has… -
Get Noticed: SEO Your Resume in Three Easy Steps
Search engine optimization isn't just for websites anymore. Web designers and content writers know the value of optimization. They incorporate keywords and commonly-used string searches so their… -
How Do You Turn Down Being Someone's Reference?
by Dino Londis Joanna, a coder, was flat out glad to see Rena fired. Rena's probationary period was ending and management had decided with a nudge or two from Joanna to cut its losses and find so…