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Rabu, 20 Juli 2011

How To Get a Job As a Computer Programmer

You are a fully fledged professional computer programmer. You have completed paid work historically either as a permanent (or contract staff) member of a team working in the corporate world, or by being commissioned to do a specific task as a freelance computer programmer. Having been out of work for some time you now need to secure paid employment. If this is your brief then I hope to show you how to take the necessary steps to accomplish your aim.

For the purpose of illustration let us follow the activities of an imaginary computer programmer who they shall call Jill. They shall follow her step by step method of general preparation which they define as the method of preparing the material necessary for presenting in the work of her forthcoming interviews.

Jill had successfully held down computer programming jobs in the financial sector historically but had to take some time out after giving birth to her second kid. It had been over years since Jill had worked as a programmer & hence he did feel a bit out of it so what did he do?

As a former professional Jill was already skilful at using the Web for the purpose of researching issues surrounding her job. So the first step he took was to do some preliminary research on the state of play of Java in the current market. Java had always been her main area of expertise although he could still keep in mind how to do basic C++ programming.

Next he further experimented with the Jobserve search engine to select which java technical skills were currently in high demand in the financial sector. For example, in her earlier jobs he did not have the necessity to make use of multithreading extensively as a Java developer. This time he determined to incorporate a deep study of multithreading in to her general preparation for her potential interviews.

From her research which involved the use of recruitment search engines like Jobserve he satisfied herself that the financial sector was still the most profitable sector to be in as a program developer.

Finally he had to admit to herself that he was a bit rusty having not interviewed for some time. As he was already an experienced professional who had successfully scaled through several interviews historically, he decided to take a short cut & brush up by attending a couple of actual interviews.

Let's analyse exactly what Jill did here. First he did some preliminary research. He did not jump straight in to the method of general preparation for the interview method. Before beginning to prepare he made a cautious study of exactly what he was going to prepare. He stepped back from the issue to gain a better overview.

Having completed her preliminary research he approached the issue of general preparation from angles: technical knowledge, business knowledge & finally interview preparation.

From the technical point of view her game plan would be to deepen her knowledge of multithreading within the Java space.

From the business point of view as he had decided to focus on the financial sector he would brush up on her earlier knowledge (as he had worked in this sector before) & then narrow down her focus for specific interviews as they became available.

As for interview preparation, being a past veteran enabled her to jump straight in & brush up by attending interviews for those roles where he did not mind if an offer was not forthcoming.

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