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Software developers can take specific steps to insulate themselves from the risk of being let go by their employers. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how clever you think you are or how much everyone loves you on your team, there…
After nearly 12 months of steady job losses, the IT labor market may be finally stabilizing, according to Virginia-based industry group TechServe Alliance. Since last November, IT employment had declined by nearly 250,000 jobs…
In order to find a new job that will be challenging and rewarding, it helps to have a clear, real-world view of the potential employer from someone who knows the company well, yet has no vested interest in whether you take the…
Amid Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's calls for modernization, one of the IT sector's top employers has said Russian high-tech companies are being let down by the education system. Natalya Kaspersky, co-founder and chairwoman…
Georgia Tech's College of Computing has created a new Master of Science in Information Security degree available online in a distance learning format, a flexible option for working information security professionals who want…
When I was about 10 years old, my father bought a Radio Shack-brand TRS Model III computer in order to track billing. Within a few months, I had moved it into my bedroom. My friend Billy Berger and I began to write programs and…
Students in underserved populations earned a greater number of academic diplomas in almost all categories in fiscal year 2006 compared to fiscal year 2004, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation. Asians…
Back in 1996, when Suchitra Raghuraman joined Wipro Technologies as a fresh graduate, she knew that her no-frills BSc degree would not take her far. So she simultaneously signed up for the integrated master's of science (MS)…
There are growing signs that high-tech workers who have endured salary freezes (or reductions) and added workloads over the past 12 months will be looking for new jobs as soon as an economic recovery gets underway.
A new survey by New Zealand's Ministry of Economic Development found a significant shortage of skilled labor in the information technology (IT) industry, despite the recession and resulting job losses.
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