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11 Tips on Hiring a Rails Developer
By Peter Cooper / November 29, 2007 The following article is a guest article written by John Philip Green of Savvica, a Toronto based educational technology company whose development efforts are focused on Ruby and Rails. Hiring Rails full-time Rails developers is hard. Here's why: Surging demand. I've hired ten full-time Rails developers into startups so far in 2007, but to do that I've had to interview hundreds and learned a lot of lessons. Don't use Monster.com or recruitment agencies. Happy Hiring!
Great questions about client-side development from a server-side developer
This question came in today and I thought it was an excellent one to share with my readers. It is also one of those questions with a lot of different takes so I hope my readers chime in with their own opinions as well. The reader wants to remain anonymous, but I really feel like he is in a similar position as a lot of my other readers as well. So, let's get into it. First, some background (that I'm mangling a bit to help keep his anonymity so please excuse any awkwardness). 12 years in IT. While I was in a different role, I was doing roughly the same over the past decade as well. Now - the questions: The more courses and conferences I go to and the more I learn/read about the need to move my server side websites and applications to more client side with 100% responsiveness (which to me, means built on a js platform, with a bootstrap framework). Technically you are talking about two very different things. When I began my development career, I was mainly doing simple HTML sites.
Keeping Up with New JavaScript, HTML and CSS Projects
Developers love things that are shiny and new, and, in a world where new JavaScript or CSS libraries are released faster than babies are born, it can be hard to keep up. I've maintained my own weekly update which recently moved to my Flippin' Awesome site (follow the news category for the weekly update), and one of the toughest pieces is finding not just new and updated projects, but worthwhile ones! This post is a thank you to some of the best resources that I rely on for that task. Of course, for the most part I rely on people who create projects to promote them on their blogs, Twitter or elsewhere. Web Developer Focused Sites DailyJS DailyJS is run by Alex Young and in addition to featuring great tutorials on topics like Node and AngularJS, it has weekly roundups covering newly released projects in JavaScript, Node and jQuery. CoDrops CoDrops has some of the most attractive and impressive demos and tutorials around. Web Developer Focused Newsletters Other Resources
"Accidentally" Freelance
From time to time, I’ll be talking to someone in the startup industry and I’ll mention I’m a freelancer. “Oh, are you working on a startup?" they’ll often ask. “No, though I have a couple side projects and experiments," I’ll say. Then, it happens. It doesn’t happen. There’s this stigma in the startup universe around being a contractor, consultant, or freelancer. When it comes down to it, I do what I do because it’s not always about going “big" and betting it all on a startup. I enjoy the freedom. It’s true that there may be more stress and more worry—what if business slows down? At the end of the day, the work I do touches many people, I love maintaining a close relationship with my awesome clients, and I love being able to help companies stretch themselves in ways they would otherwise struggle to do. Honestly, work has been so busy these days that I’ve even been working on expanding, bringing in a partner and adding new resources to take on bigger and even more impactful work.
HTML5: Native Applications Include Both Benefits and Challenges
HTML5 applications appear to have many benefits over native applications designed for popular operating systems such as Android and iOS. A recent Business Intelligence report highlighted the capabilities of both HTML5 and native apps, suggesting that the latter still offer richer user experiences and better performance, Business Insider reported. HTML5 applications thrive over native apps in many other areas, however, including cross-platform development. Native applications created for iOS can be costly because engineers are in short supply and expensive to hire. Android and iOS are greatly influencing the global smartphone and tablet markets. Developers interested in creating native applications for Android and iOS can use free tools like Android controls and iOS controls. Those who want to do the same with HTML5 applications should use tools that feature data visualization, high performance and support every web browser and device.
Hiring Developers: A Guide for Recruiters | REVERB
Over the summer, I was invited to speak with the recruiting team at the S.I Systems Vancouver office. I popped in and delivered a lunch and learn style presentation with the goal of helping their team better distinguish top-tier developers from the not-so-top-tier developers. Recruiters constantly face this challenge, and given most of recruiters have little to no programming background, it is necessary to address to the issue. Below is an excerpt from the presentation. First, we need to define what a “good” programmer is. Without a doubt, “good” varies from client to client and role to role. Secondly, let it be known that this is all in my own personal opinion. The first fact that is important for a recruiter to understand is this: to know if a candidate is a good programmer, a skilled programmer must write code with them. I firmly believe that this is the most fundamental tool to assess the actual level and talent of a software engineer. What are you reading these days?
Generalizing Specialists: Improving Your IT Career Skills
Generalizing Specialist: A Definition A generalizing specialist is someone who: Has one or more technical specialties (e.g. Java programming, Project Management, Database Administration, ...). Has at least a general knowledge of software development. Generalizing specialists are often referred to as craftspeople, multi-disciplinary developers, cross-functional developers, deep generalists, polymaths, versatilists, or even "renaissance developers". Becoming a Generalizing Specialist Figure 1 depicts a fictional skills assessment of an IT professional, showing how it evolves over time. As an individual it's an incredibly good strategy to become a generalizing specialist. Why Generalizing Specialists? There are several reasons why you should prefer to build teams from generalizing specialists: Improved communication and collaboration. Figure 2. Figure 3. Generalizing Specialists and the Whole Team Practice What About Specializing Generalists? Sure, why not? Generalists vs. Conclusion
Testing HTML/CSS/Javascript skills when hiring
Entry-Level Front-End Web Developer Job Description
