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Years of Experience

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 10:40:00 -0500

Are you making the most of your career and your years of experience? Do you have a plan and a deliberate approach? After the break, I explore these questions and a real situation that may lead you to think about your experience with a fresh perspective.

A few years ago I was interviewing candidates for a senior software engineering position on my team. After a couple of weeks of interviewing two candidates stood out. The first had 10 years of experience using our preferred programming language, tools, the works. Their current team was practicing the same agile methodology we were. They had experience working on projects similar to ours and in the same industry. Furthermore, the first candidate had a great attitude, was easy to talk with, and the cultural fit was there too.

I'm Hiring a DBA and Senior Software Engineer

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:13:00 -0600

For those reading this that do not know, I’m the CTO of Nashville-based startup Dataium, LLC. Dataium is the largest aggregator of Internet automotive shopping activity, and I’m looking to hire a Database Administrator and a Senior Software Engineer. Both of these positions are critical to the success and technical direction of Dataium and each will join our already amazing team of engineers, systems administrators, and business analysts.

If you’re interested in learning more about the DBA position, please click here to download the full job description (PDF).

I'm Hiring a Software Engineer

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:26:00 -0600

For those reading this that do not know, I’m the CTO of Nashville-based startup Dataium, LLC. Dataium is the largest aggregator of Internet automotive shopping activity, and we’re looking to hire a software engineer. We’re specifically looking for someone with skills in several different technologies such as Java, Apache Hadoop, Adobe Flex/ActionScript 3, ColdFusion, and MySQL.

If you’re interested in learning more, the full job description is included after the break.