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		<title>The Value In Offering &#8220;Time To Tinker&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, I worked for a company that had a strictly governed bug fixing process. The bugs to be fixed per release were specifically regimented, right down to the amount of hours available to fix each issue. Developers were expected to meet or beat their estimates, and failing to do so meant overtime (since the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Find The Right Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Savage</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my career as a software developer I&#8217;ve been lucky. I&#8217;ve been lucky that finding work has never been terribly difficult. The longest I&#8217;ve ever been out of work is a month and a half. Six weeks might seem like a long time, especially in software; in my case I was unfortunate enough to experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding A Job Without A Recruiter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Savage</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about all the reasons that recruiters are bad for your career. For a variety of reasons I highlighted the reasons job seekers should avoid enlisting the services of recruiters that solicit them, and the traps that recruiters employ to disadvantage job seekers while improving their odds of collecting a commission. On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned From An Impromptu Job Search</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Savage</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I lost my job on October 12th, I knew that the PHP community was an invaluable resource for finding a new one. What I didn&#8217;t expect, though, was the outpouring of support and assistance I would receive from that community. I learned a lot of lessons from the job search, and thankfully, largely due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Coding Tests Are A Bad Interview Technique</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Savage</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing I&#8217;ve noticed in hunting for a job recently is the number of companies that insist that you write them a code sample to spec. Not just any code sample, but a fully functional, complete application. This is absurd, for several reasons. Eli White spends a good deal of time arguing why coding tests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Count The Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Savage</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine that you&#8217;ve just been offered a brand new job. That&#8217;s fantastic! Now, make sure you do the math and find out what it will cost you. &#8220;Cost me?&#8221; you ask. Yes. Accepting a new job is exciting and often beneficial, but there are costs associated with it that you must consider before you sign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Matters Most (Job Hunt Advice)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Savage</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve had the opportunity to review a number of resumes and cover letters, both through my professional endeavors and because of inadvertent posts to the DC PHP list from people replying to job postings. One thing that strikes me as odd is the number of people who send cover letters riddled with errors. For [...]]]></description>
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