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Monthly Archives: December 2009
How to Hire a Front-End Web Developer
The following is an email exchange I had with a friend at another company about a year ago. We were talking about the best way to go about hiring a front-end developer, and I was sharing some tips from our hiring process.
“Hi Scott, we are in need of a CSS expert/ninja. Our company has gone through agencies and the whatnot, but the candidates that have come from that route haven’t exactly knocked our socks off. I’m hoping that since this is what you do you might know some people, have some advice, or know some agencies that specialize in this area.”
I’ll tell you how we found Libby, our other CSS rockstar.
I Took The Survey, and So Should You
If you haven’t already, set aside ten minutes to fill out the annual “State of the Web” survey from A List Apart. This kind of data is important to gain an understanding of our community and profession, not just for ourselves, but the rest of the world.
The data that you provide and we analyze is the only significant information about our profession as a profession to be published anywhere, by anyone. That makes it important.
Zoe is Imaginative
Zoe: Mama have some tea.
Annie: Thank you! What kind is it?
Zoe: Ice cream and chocolate!
Career Advice: Just Do Things
“Therein lies the best career advice I could possibly dispense: just DO things. Chase after the things that interest you and make you happy. Stop acting like you have a set path, because you don’t. No one does. You shouldn’t be trying to check off the boxes of life; they aren’t real and they were created by other people, not you. There is no explicit path I’m following, and I’m not walking in anyone else’s footsteps. I’m making it up as I go.”
– Charlie Hoehn