Author: Jakub
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JavaOne Flights and Accomodation at the Last Minute
Despite the fact that is the world’s biggest conference out there, it seems that San Francisco is more than capable of dealing with it. I booked my flights a few weeks back, and have planned to stay with friends, but buying stuff at the last minute is definitely an option since neither cost nor availability…
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JavaOne Flights Booked
Everything is finally booked and I am looking forward to hitting the shores of San Francisco next weekend. The lineup looks really good and I’m still having difficulty choosing between the sessions. I will also be at CommunityOne, which looks outstanding for a free event. 14 tracks!? Amazing! Hats must go off to the organizers.…
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Slapped in a Dark Tunnel at an Interview
The interview cycle is in full swing. I came across a post on Contractor UK about tricky questions posed by interviewers, which I think are just jaw-dropping. Someone needs to have a reality check and stop taking themselves so seriously. I have nothing against difficult, even impossible, questions in an interview situations. Most of the…
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JavaOne Pre-booking
I finally got around to booking in onto some of the tech sessions for JavaOne in San Francisco next month. Gasp! The amount of stuff going on is incredible. From new languages on the JVM (Fortress, Scala, JRuby) to SOA, mobility and techniques in app development it’s pretty easy to book up 12 hours a…
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Hiring Great Developers
Dr. Dobb’s journal has listed a great article on what it takes to identify great developers. Being in the market myself, and sitting on the other side of the fence it is interesting as to just how far this is removed from the norm. A few interesting tips? “Tell programmers in advance (at least a…
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What can you learn from the guys at Google?
Anyone whose coding work tends to lean towards the more advanced or low-level should check out Google Code University. Topics covered in this series of presentations include language corner cases, web security, distributed systems and AJAX. Good stuff, worth taking a look at.
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Finding IT contracts in London
Over the last couple of years, I developed quite a strong professional network in Dublin, which was working quite well in getting contract IT work. With the recent move to London, I have found that I may now have to fall back onto more traditional forms of hunting for contracts, i.e. through agents and job…
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How to start your career in programming
I have been meaning to jot down my thoughts on this one for a while, but when I saw this article on First Steps into IT, I figured that there was no better time. Programming is a tough career to get into. When I was getting into the industry for the first time I was…
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Why my resume will no longer be in Word format
Another contract cycle approaches and the question of the CV/resume has once again reared it’s head. The job boards are full of agency ads with instructions that resumes be submitted in MS Word format only. Often when I have turned up to an interview, I have encountered printouts of my resume with my contact details…
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Desktop Apps made easier, JavaFX and that ESB thing…
Isn’t it always the way, when you want to blog other stuff comes up? I had intended to write up a final post about the last day of Tech Days, but the weather has been great to get the kite out and the holiday is winding down so… Day 3 was pretty cool, as I…