How to approach applying for a job at a company owned by a friend?

A friend of mine is the CEO of his own small business. We’re not very close friends, but we know each other well enough to have visited each other’s houses for dinner and drinks a few times. His business is advertising a role which interests me. I have suitable skills for this role but limited […]

How to handle personal stress caused by utterly incompetent and lazy co-workers?

I’ve worked in Software Development teams my entire career and I’ve come to realize the spectrum of skill-sets is utterly staggering. Over the years I’ve managed to adapt my in-office behavior to handle utterly incompetent and lazy people. The way I handle it is to simply cap my anger and frustration, but I find myself […]

How to evaluate whether a career coach is beneficial?

I am trying to find/change my career trajectory. Its a good cozy job, but I want something that I get excited to work on in the morning. Career change is hard, for a lot of reasons. So I cant just try out a lot of different careers, and need to be more methodical in finding […]

How do I tell my new employer that I can’t use the computer they gave me?

Just this week I started working for a new company. I’ve been developing code and going through the database the past couple of days on my machine. Everything is working fine, I set up a new account and it’s hooked into the domain and everything. Today, the Director IT gave me a “work” computer. It’s […]

How much do web developers earn? What is their salary?

I am thinking of pursuing web developing as a career & was just wondering. I’ve heard that that location is a big factor when it comes to salary of web developers. Kindly state: 1) Country 2) Salary Monthly/Yearly 3) Years of experience. P.s) You can choose to remain anonymous if you want to.