Articles by Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson

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  Why Startups Need Older Technologists

  Numerous studies and surveys have shown that Baby Boomers need (or want) to continue working throughout their “traditional” retirement years. And although some industries are receptive to hiring workers over 50…
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  Things a Sysadmin Should Never Do

  Managing, maintaining and protecting the network is a difficult job on the best of days—and despite a sysadmin’s Herculean efforts to keep order, proverbial cow patties still end up hitting the fan. With that i…
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  Becoming a Director of Platform Engineering

  To say that Director of Platform Engineering is a complex role is something of an understatement. Just ask Dan Warner, who holds that position at West Corporation, a Nebraska-based telecommunications services p…
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  Prepping for a Sysadmin Interview

  Getting your first or second sysadmin job is as much about fit and emotional intelligence as it is about “hard” skills. Questions and answers relating to technical knowledge requirements are easily found online…
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  Moving from Intern to Full-Time Employee

  Although a tech internship can open up the door to an amazing career, it’s also tricky to translate an internship at a particular company into a full-time position. Among interns, competition for any open posit…
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  Getting a Programming Job When You’re Over 50

  Ageism in tech is a much-discussed problem. The issues surrounding it are often less about skill-sets and more about the attitudes and perceptions of tech-company hiring managers, who are often younger than the…
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  Breaking Into the Machine Learning Field

  According to a Siemens study, the global market for “smart” devices is expected to increase 20 percent annually over the next eight years. The boom is driving a need for tech pros with artificial intelligence (…
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  Tips for Hiring Remote Tech Pros

  The problem of finding and retaining top tech talent has always been a challenging one. There never seems to be enough skilled professionals to fill open positions; similar salaries make it nearly impossible to…
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  Saving the World as a 'Green' Engineer

  Sustainability (or “green”) engineers can fall into several engineering disciplines: mechanical, electrical, environmental, civil, or structural. Whatever their current position, though, all have the same goal:…
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  Landing a Job at Lumo Bodytech

  Founded in 2011 by Stanford entrepreneurs Monisha Perkash, Charles Wang and Andrew Chang, and cited by multiple tech publications as a wearable startup to watch, Lumo Bodytech’s technology platform leverages sm…