How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)
There are three questions you have when you’re hiring a programmer (or anyone, for that matter): Are they smart? Can they get stuff done? Can you work with them? Someone who’s smart but doesn’t get stuff done should be your friend, not your...

Hiring for Social Media: The Ugly Side
Wow. A friend (thanks, Ron) sent me today his collection of social media job descriptions that are popping up across the web as more and more companies jump on board the hype train.Needless to say, many of them are underwhelming. Alarming at worst,...

How do you make sure you hire the right programmer?
Over the past couple of days a short essay by Aaron Swartz has been doing the rounds, in which he details the process he uses to hire programmers.

Internal Hiring: How to Be the Right Candidate
You’ve been with your company for a little while now. You’re great at your job but you’re thinking you could use a little more challenge. Or change. Or both. You’ve invested some time with this company and you like the culture, the business, and...

Prejudice Against Online Degrees Needs to Shrivel up and Die
There's a reason why there are laws against basing hiring decisions on factors like age, religion, race, gender, and sexual orientation: if there were no such laws, many hiring managers would use those factors all the time. Hiring for full-time emplo

11 Internet Marketing Skills That Must Be Second Nature
A list of 11 skills that you must firmly grasp before you tell folks you're an internet marketer.