Articles by Dice Staff

• Is it Time for Change? Recognizing when it's time to move to a new job

  Your grandfather may have retired with a gold watch, but it's unlikely today's graduates will become lifers with any one employer. Recurring business cycles, outsourcing and changing technology r…
• Getting Real World Experience

  As a student, you've had ample opportunity to gain the experience and skills you'll need to succeed in the real world. That's because employers are looking for a broad portfolio of attributes, wh…
• Career Doctor: Negotiating a Higher Salary

  By Dave Willmer Question: "After a seven-month job search, I finally received an offer for a position I really want. There's only one problem: The salary isn't quite what I expected. I'd like to…
• When You're Bored Beyond Belief

  Though the economy's supposedly getting better, I haven't noticed a lot of people running for the exits. I read about people getting new jobs, and certainly everyone's a lot calmer than they were…
• Lead Structural Design Engineer

  By Jamie Gull | October 2008 I am a lucky recent college graduate who has one of the best jobs the aerospace industry. I am a structural design engineer at Scaled Composites located outside of Lo…
• Office Politics and How to Turn Them to Your Advantage

  Politics exist in every workplace, and the IT department is no exception. Amidst the constant competition for projects, resources, promotions and raises, nearly everyone has a story of unscrupulo…
• Life After Leadership

  May 2008 By Chad Broadus Most of my career in the tech industry has been spent in fairly high-level leadership positions. I've held titles such as regional IT coordinator, IT director, and most r…
• Q&A: Angela Didde, The Ups and Downs of Full-time Contracting

  What's your specialty? Describe what you do? My area of specialty is Project Management and Business Analysis. As a PM, my primary responsibility is to pull the team together and keep the ball ro…
• Wireless Cell Site Acquisition Specialist

  By Thomas J. Cady | October 2008 My job is to find the sites that wireless companies (Verizon, Sprint, ATT, Alltel, T-Mobile, etc) need to expand their networks. You've seen the towers and fake p…
• How and Why I Took a Step Down the Ladder

  May 2008 By Cale Back My life as a programmer/analyst changed a few years ago when an IT supervisor moved away. He left a large hole in our little IT department; many tasks were temporarily deleg…