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I'm trying to hire two ASP.NET developers, and the quality of applicant I'm getting here in Dallas is abhorrent. Ugh.
Jan 19, 2011 6:28pm PST
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I'm trying to hire two ASP.NET developers, and the quality of applicant I'm getting here in Dallas is abh...
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This should get some interesting replies... I'm going with "Make a system a fool can use, and only fools
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CtrlFrk
Me too. It sucks. I also need someone with at least decent social/communication skills and that's making ...
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tashtego
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MVC or oldschool?
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batkiwi
Either.
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RomSteady
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please regale us with their awful answers. These are the levels I have encountered. "Multiple inherit...
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filthysock
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6RbEOlqRo#t=0m06s
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coldfusioncs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgPBxTwn7IA
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Freon
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I've got two levels of positions: one would be primarily HTML/CSS/JavaScript and be learning C#/ASP.NET, ...
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RomSteady
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hey if this is a brand new project I highly recommend using sass, which can be bolted into .net http://s...
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filthysock
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threadjack
, but what Firefox plugins would help me learn CSS? I have the hardest time trying to fi...
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Ride-My-Rocket
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FireBug addon
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pancake humper
Probably my most used addon.. it's great.
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stonedonkey
I already use Firebug but never paid attention to the CSS aspect. I'll see if I can dig up some tutorial...
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Ride-My-Rocket
WebDev? I used to use this and it was awesome https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-develope...
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ConfusedUs
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Firebug for firefox, but the dev stuff on the dev channel for chrome is very good now too.
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filthysock
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Yeah zero|dpx mentioned the chrome dev stuff, I'll have to check it out. But getting me away from firebug...
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yosemiteclimber
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give it a go, they finally added the network tab which was the only thing that was missing. And it has a ...
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filthysock
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We really would like feedback on the Dev tools. They improve a lot in every release and AFAIK are pretty...
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Zero|DPX
The inplace CSS stuff has been in there for a while but it got buggy and fiddly in the last release.
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filthysock
Hey RomSteady, I haven't touched HTML or CSS in like five years but I am totally a fast learner!
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ConfusedUs
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What do both of those positions pay? Just curious... I'm trying to do what I can to pick up C#/ASP.NET, ...
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Ride-My-Rocket
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The intro level position starts at $40k/year and is an hourly position. The mid level position starts ...
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RomSteady
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That sounds awesome. As a minor hijack, what would you recommend I do to get back on track with web devel...
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ConfusedUs
I was just about to ask this. I learned some web dev in school but really need to teach myself something ...
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OmegaRed59
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For CSS, start by checking out the Zen Garden. http://www.csszengarden.com/ Every page has the exact sa...
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RomSteady
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Woah... what? w3schools is widely regarded as being a bit of a blight. They rank really highly on search ...
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CtrlFrk
Good to know there is an errata site out there, but reading through w3fools, half of their complaints hav...
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RomSteady
Yeah I used to check out Zen Garden all the time.
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ConfusedUs
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Python and Django Or.. Ruby on Rails
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airrob
Which do you think would be best to learn (and best/easiest to find a job) for an entry level position?
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OmegaRed59
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Just kind of curious - What does your company do, what type of software are we talking about? Also whe...
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f4lln
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We're an professional association. Most of what we do is simple CRUD and e-Commerce. Our most complex c...
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RomSteady
Cheers to you, you are what I want to be within 10 years (boss of my own company :D)
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mnok
Where are these jobs when I'm looking? Hopefully this ecommerce project I'm launching in a month or so is...
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cpt_gloval
Wow, for a change this makes me feel really good about myself.
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steauengeglase
yes, ugh!
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prokat
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Clearly you have to hire from the shack. Every developer here is amazing, as shown by their post history...
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shabuttle
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I have hired from the Shack with some success already.
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RomSteady
You know, some success does suggest some failure as well...
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Jonathan
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Fortunately we have almost completely transitioned off ASP.NET. We are having a hard enough time finding ...
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Slowtreme
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what do your new C# .NET web developers do if you transitioned off ASP.NET?
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MikkleThePickle
Hack gibsons
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tashtego
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We rebuilt the last of our sites about 2 years ago now. There is only one internal use app still in ASP t...
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Slowtreme
Are you sure you didn't transition off ASP to ASP.NET?
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ThomW
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To what?
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stonedonkey
I want to know this as well, I'm about to start a massive development project and deciding technical spec...
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even4
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Relocation package?
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SlingBlaze
No relocation and no H1B sponsorship. Trying to hire local.
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RomSteady
Don't worry they are horrible here in Tampa as well.. want a remote dev?
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stonedonkey
I don't know any ASP *or* .NET and I will admit it in the interview, you should hire me for the job :)
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dognose
I know, right?
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cpt_gloval
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apparently one of the other applicants for my job has a patent for a collapsible hoola hoop. and attends ...
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afrochops
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(not that there is anything wrong with attending burning man, you just normally wouldn't announce that in...
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afrochops
"So let's imagine there's this guy 'Bob' that worked here. Let's say 'Bob' went to burning man with me an...
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Danny5225
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Isn't that because nobody uses ASP?
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biskits
php, ruby, are trendy and get attention, but there are still a lot of jobs out there on .net; java as wel...
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jwnin
I want a job in the US as an asp.net developer :(
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Pandilex