Questions tagged [professionalism]

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How to handle people who lie on their resume

I'm conducting technical interviews to fill a few .NET positions. Many of the people I interview really do know .NET pretty well, but I find at least 90% embellish their skillset anywhere between "a little" to "quite drastically". Sometimes they…
Juliet
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How can I convince a team member to use a web framework?

The question is this and the detail follows: is there anything I can say/bring up, as a programmer, to bring him to my side? I'd love to hear valid arguments for both sides on this one, but mostly suggestions for how to talk him around. My…
Andy Hunt
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