Career advice

There’s a lot to consider when you’re trying to figure out the next step in your career, especially when that next step is a career change. Are you looking for a different work-life balance? Are you looking for an industry with better job growth? Or maybe you’re ready to switch from an in-person work environment…

If you're actively looking for a new job (or even just open to seeing what's out there), few tools are more valuable than LinkedIn.You might disagree. Maybe you haven't heard back from many companies you reached out to on LinkedIn, or the offers you do get aren't quite what you're looking for. In either of…

If you're making the switch from a full-time job to freelance developer, it can mark an exciting new chapter in your career. So much demand across industries! Freedom to set your own hours! No bosses micromanaging you! The world is your oyster!It's true: One of the best things about freelancing is the flexibility and autonomy…

In the past two years, the pandemic revolutionized remote work, created a hot job market due to “The Great Resignation,” and laid bare the new realities of burnout. Most of us associate burnout with staying up late to finish a mountain of work or sitting through back-to-back Zoom meetings — but it’s more nuanced than…

You’ve probably heard that there’s a gender pay gap: In the U.S., women of all races earn on average 82 cents for every $1 earned by men of all races, according to the most recent Census Bureau data.Women in high-paying industries like tech are not immune to this unreasonable norm.Equal Pay Day is March 15,…

You dazzled in interviews and crushed the take-home test. Now comes the tricky part: Negotiating your salary.Negotiation is your chance to advocate for yourself and ask for what you’re worth, explains Ariel Lopez, a former tech recruiter and career coach in Atlanta. A lot of people dread negotiation, because it can feel uncomfortable or intimidating…

It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in tech: Women made up only 26.7% of the technical workforce in 2021, according to a survey from AnitaB.org, a global organization for women technologists.But social media tells a different story. Women programmers dominate TikTok “for you” pages or Instagram feeds, often sharing everything from career advice and…

"Write once, run anywhere." That was Java’s selling point when it first hit the market in 1995, and it’s still what makes Java one of the most-used programming languages among developers worldwide.Since Java can be used on every operating system and every type of hardware, Java Developers can work on a wide range of projects,…

New job jitters are legit, whether you’re beginning your first internship or you’ve held a handful of full-time jobs before. If your new position is fully remote, the good news is you don’t have to keep asking your cubicle mate for directions to the bathroom — but you will have to navigate some new stressors.…

It’s not uncommon for hiring managers to sift through a hundred applications for a single position — especially for in-demand, well-paid jobs in computer science. When competition is this high, every part of your application matters, including your cover letter. A good one can be the difference between no response and landing an interview.Of course,…