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As you embark on a job search in
the software industry, you should
decide first whether you prefer
smaller companies, including the
many start-ups that surface each
week, or larger industry players.
Small companies offer far less in
the way oforganizational structure
and office systems, and you’ll
often be fending for yourself on
the administrative front.
You’ll almost certainly have a
smaller salary, but ify o u ’re lucky,
a potentially much more generous
stock package. At larger software
companies, your job will likely be
more narrowly defined, but you’ll
also have a much greater sense of
security than your company will
around a year or two.
If you need som e degree o f
structure in your work, the larger
firm is the better bet, though this
also means a more settled and
very possibly less dynamic work
environment.
Whatever your preference, here
are some tips on landing a job:
•
If y o u ’re app ly in g for a
technical position, you will
almost certainly be asked to
write some code as part o f
your interview.
Y o u ’ll also im press your
interviewer if you can discuss
p re v io u s
p ro g ra m m in g
you’ve done - especially if it
re la te s to th e ty p e o f
application you’ll likely be
working on.
•
W hetheryou’re applying for
a technical or a business
position, you should know the
products o f the company to
which you're applying. It’s
even better if you can offer
suggestions about how you’d
improve the product from a
user’s standpoint, and how
you’d improve the product
from a user’s standpoint, and
how that w ould give the
product a stronger position
a g a in st th e c o m p e tin g
products on the market.
•
Beenthusiasticandenergetic.
Remember, this is an industry
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in which ten- to twelve-hour
days are the norm, and product
launches kick o ff the next
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product-development cycle.
Your interviewers know that
success on the job depends on
dedicated work by al I members
o f the team.
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