Do IT Freelance Workers Make More Than Permanent Employees?

Choosing between a permanent job and a contract can be confusing. There was a time when people preferred permanent jobs only due to job security and a number of job incentives, including promotions and increments. However, times have changed, especially due to the technological advancements and people have started switching to freelancing. Who Makes More? While choosing between the two, the most important question is “who makes more?” Well, before we answer this question, we would like to clear the concept of “more” in the question. There are several factors that matter when evaluating a job besides money, including [...]

10 Things to do to Prepare for an IT Interview

As businesses continue to invest in IT, the demand for IT experts has increased over the years. This is why IT recruiting has become a bit more complex than how it used to be only a few years ago. Companies expect the candidates to be well versed with not only the basics of IT but also with a wide variety of complexities. If you want to get a decent IT-related job and have an interview, you must make sure you do not make any stupid mistakes. Moreover, you must try to give your best as the competition has become tougher [...]

Software Developer Jobs May Double in 10 years

There are multiple technological disruptions happening. AI, CyberSecurity, IoT, mobilization of software and Data Science are just a few. Between the new technologies and the demands from what we have on the table now, software development jobs can easily double in ten years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Year 2000 job report told us there were 697,000 software development jobs in the US. The same report estimated there would be 1,361,000 software development jobs by 2010. This report missed the mark. In 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported there were 1,336,300 software development jobs [...]

It is a Very Good Time to be a Software Developer

It is a very good time to be a software developer. Jobs are plentiful. Demand is high. Salaries are going up and companies are adding perks. If you are thinking of becoming a software developer or to sharpen your skills if you are a developer already, you should be motivated to do so. Why it is a good time to be a software developer? Here are some facts: There are approximately 1.7M software developers, by a strict definition in the US For every software developer, there is another job as a DBA, analyst or support  personnel For every software developer, [...]

How to Ace that IT interview – Part 2

We see very few companies give their people, outside of HR, training on interviewing. For most IT positions, the company IT manager or programmer conducting the interview has not done a lot of interviewing. They inevitably ask questions they have been asked before when they were job searching.  In our first article about how to Ace the IT interview, we spoke about how to look at things from the hiring company and mangers perspective. Here are some additional topics so you can ace that IT interview. In this segment, we want to give hints and tips on answering common [...]