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API

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Acme::Crap

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Alex Martelli

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Allison Green

• How to explain past problems in a job interview October 05, 2010

Andrew Bayer

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Ask a Manager

• How to explain past problems in a job interview October 05, 2010

Bossypants

• Open source is improv, so say "Yes and" January 23, 2012

Bruce Momjian

• Notes and comments from Postgres Open 2011 September 22, 2011
• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Cacti

• Notes and comments from Postgres Open 2011 September 22, 2011

CareerBuilder

• Two important numbers for job seekers: 7.5% and 1:11 June 05, 2009

Casey West

• How to get laid off properly March 07, 2009

Chicago Bears

• Track your professional stats like a pro athlete to give your resume power November 14, 2011

Coding Horror

• A collection of coding horrors June 19, 2019

Convert::Color

• ack 2.28 has been released with new color charts March 18, 2019

Cornac

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Damian Conway

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Damien Seguy

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Data::Show

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

DataImportHandler

• Solr's DataImportHandler can't handle line-based SQL comments September 13, 2012

Dragnet

• Give just the facts when job hunting February 27, 2008

German

• Undecided if something should go on your resume? Add more detail for guidance. April 11, 2012

Gina Trapani

• Self-selecting for the thick-skinned means turning away contributors. May 29, 2012
• Your github account is not your portfolio, but it's a start August 24, 2011

Git

• My bash prompt with git/svn branch+status display April 24, 2013

GitHub

• Your github account is not your portfolio, but it's a start August 24, 2011

Google Alerts

• Use Google Alerts to monitor your online presence January 07, 2010

Greg Smith

• Notes and comments from Postgres Open 2011 September 22, 2011
• Keep seldom-used settings handy in your configuration files September 21, 2011

IO::InSitu

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

IO::Prompter

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

IRC

• Mark Jason Dominus on the importance of giving fish November 02, 2011

Isaac Asimov

• Watch for the surprises September 23, 2011

JT Smith

• Toward ending RTFM marketing in open source July 20, 2011

Java

• My Solr+Tomcat troubles, and how I fixed them May 22, 2012

Jay Cutler

• Track your professional stats like a pro athlete to give your resume power November 14, 2011

Jenkins

• The most important pig in the office January 26, 2012
• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

JobCamp

• Milwaukee JobCamp, a free all-day job hunting event, is this Thursday October 05, 2010

Josh Berkus

• Notes and comments from Postgres Open 2011 September 22, 2011

Josh Williams

• Notes and comments from Postgres Open 2011 September 22, 2011

Julian Cash

• How to do a web resume right June 13, 2010

Julieanne Smolinski

• Objective: "Obtain job where I commute by zipline" September 08, 2011

LinkedIn

• You can’t take the easy way to writing a résumé January 10, 2011

List::Util

• An unexpected benefit of thinking functional in Perl December 04, 2019

MJD

• Mark Jason Dominus on the importance of giving fish November 02, 2011
• Watch for the surprises September 23, 2011

Mark Jason Dominus

• Mark Jason Dominus on the importance of giving fish November 02, 2011
• Watch for the surprises September 23, 2011

Midwestern Vascular society

• What I learned hanging out at the vascular surgery conference September 26, 2011

Monster

• Two important numbers for job seekers: 7.5% and 1:11 June 05, 2009

Munin

• Notes and comments from Postgres Open 2011 September 22, 2011

Nagios

• The most important pig in the office January 26, 2012

Neil deGrasse Tyson

• You're not a genius? Says who? October 10, 2011

Nokogiri

• A little Ruby program to monitor Solr DIH imports July 11, 2012

OSCON

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011
• Distracting examples ruin your presentation July 26, 2011

Olivia

• The most important pig in the office January 26, 2012

PGXN

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Perl::Critic

• An unexpected benefit of thinking functional in Perl December 04, 2019

PostgreSQL

• Which of my PostgreSQL indexes are getting used most heavily? October 10, 2011

Postgres Open

• What I learned hanging out at the vascular surgery conference September 26, 2011

RTFM

• Your github account is not your portfolio, but it's a start August 24, 2011
• Toward ending RTFM marketing in open source July 20, 2011

Reddit

• There's only one useful way to handle your detractors October 06, 2011

Rob Hoelz

• My bash prompt with git/svn branch+status display April 24, 2013

Robert Treat

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Roger Ebert

• Does your résumé have to fit on a single page? Roger Ebert has the answer. November 01, 2010

SELECT

• SELECT * is a bug waiting to happen July 10, 2012

SSD

• Which of my PostgreSQL indexes are getting used most heavily? October 10, 2011

Selena Deckelmann

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Slashdot

• There's only one useful way to handle your detractors October 06, 2011

Smart::Comments

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Stephen Frost

• Notes and comments from Postgres Open 2011 September 22, 2011

Steve Jobs

• You're not a genius? Says who? October 10, 2011
• There's only one useful way to handle your detractors October 06, 2011
• "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." October 06, 2011

Subversion

• My bash prompt with git/svn branch+status display April 24, 2013

TMI

• Twelve items to leave off your resume and cover letter November 04, 2006

Tina Fey

• Open source is improv, so say "Yes and" January 23, 2012

Toastmasters

• How can I help my 50ish sysadmin brother find a job? November 09, 2011

Tom Christiansen

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Tomcat

• My Solr+Tomcat troubles, and how I fixed them May 22, 2012

Unicode

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

Vanessa Hurst

• Notes and comments from Postgres Open 2011 September 22, 2011

WISCY

• Before you write a patch, write an email April 27, 2012

XPath

• A little Ruby program to monitor Solr DIH imports July 11, 2012

YAPC

• Toward ending RTFM marketing in open source July 20, 2011

ack

• The best open source project for someone might not be yours, and that's OK January 02, 2018
• ack 2.0 has been released April 19, 2013

advice

• How to deal with busybodies at work October 17, 2011

ag

• The best open source project for someone might not be yours, and that's OK January 02, 2018

age

• How can I help my 50ish sysadmin brother find a job? November 09, 2011

airports

• Six tips for preparing to attend a technical conference July 21, 2011

aliases

• A handy collection of shell aliases from my bash startup February 03, 2020

awesomeness

• You're not a genius? Says who? October 10, 2011
• Toot your own horn at work February 21, 2011

bash

• A handy collection of shell aliases from my bash startup February 03, 2020
• Set up tab completion for ssh and scp October 31, 2019
• Update your bash prompt to give each hostname a different color October 02, 2019
• My bash prompt with git/svn branch+status display April 24, 2013

boss

• Trying to get your boss fired means you're looking at the wrong problem September 30, 2011

business cards

• Six tips for preparing to attend a technical conference July 21, 2011

busybodies

• How to deal with busybodies at work October 17, 2011

chkconfig

• Make the Linux chkconfig service list easier to read October 04, 2013

cliches

• Never put "excellent communication skills" on your resume February 01, 2012

collaboration

• Before you write a patch, write an email April 27, 2012
• Open source is improv, so say "Yes and" January 23, 2012

communities

• Self-selecting for the thick-skinned means turning away contributors. May 29, 2012

complaining

• How to talk in an interview about problems at your past job without coming off as a complainer November 04, 2013

conferences

• Distracting examples ruin your presentation July 26, 2011

configuration files

• Keep seldom-used settings handy in your configuration files September 21, 2011

contractors

• How does a contractor make his resume appealing to a hiring manager? May 12, 2009

cover letter

• The importance of cover letters in the hiring process July 20, 2009

cover letters

• Twelve items to leave off your resume and cover letter November 04, 2006

criticism

• You're not a genius? Says who? October 10, 2011

defensive programming

• SELECT * is a bug waiting to happen July 10, 2012

details

• Undecided if something should go on your resume? Add more detail for guidance. April 11, 2012

detractors

• There's only one useful way to handle your detractors October 06, 2011

devops

• The most important pig in the office January 26, 2012

discrimination

• Those "illegal job interview questions" aren't illegal on their own September 22, 2013

documentation

• Keep seldom-used settings handy in your configuration files September 21, 2011

exa

• A handy collection of shell aliases from my bash startup February 03, 2020

excellent communication skills

• Never put "excellent communication skills" on your resume February 01, 2012

exit interviews

• Skip the exit interview when you leave your job March 31, 2017

failure

• You're not a genius? Says who? October 10, 2011

fired

• Trying to get your boss fired means you're looking at the wrong problem September 30, 2011

fish

• Mark Jason Dominus on the importance of giving fish November 02, 2011

fluff

• The worst way to start a résumé October 26, 2010

following up

• Rethink the post-interview thank you note May 15, 2012

functional programming

• An unexpected benefit of thinking functional in Perl December 04, 2019

genius

• You're not a genius? Says who? October 10, 2011

getting fired

• How to explain past problems in a job interview October 05, 2010

git-grep

• The best open source project for someone might not be yours, and that's OK January 02, 2018

gotchas

• Solr's DataImportHandler can't handle line-based SQL comments September 13, 2012

gratitude

• When was the last time you were thanked? May 30, 2010

grep

• The best open source project for someone might not be yours, and that's OK January 02, 2018

grocery store

• Resume tactics from the grocery checkout lane August 06, 2009

guitar

• Eight items to leave off your resume March 30, 2012

headhunter

• How to work with headhunters July 28, 2009

help

• Mark Jason Dominus on the importance of giving fish November 02, 2011

hobbies

• Eight items to leave off your resume March 30, 2012

hotness

• Distracting examples ruin your presentation July 26, 2011

illegal questions

• Those "illegal job interview questions" aren't illegal on their own September 22, 2013

improv

• Open source is improv, so say "Yes and" January 23, 2012

indexes

• Which of my PostgreSQL indexes are getting used most heavily? October 10, 2011

jQuery

• Notes and comments from OSCON 2011 September 19, 2011

job boards

• Two important numbers for job seekers: 7.5% and 1:11 June 05, 2009

languages

• Undecided if something should go on your resume? Add more detail for guidance. April 11, 2012

laptops

• Six tips for preparing to attend a technical conference July 21, 2011

layoff

• How to get laid off properly March 07, 2009

love

• "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." October 06, 2011

ls

• A handy collection of shell aliases from my bash startup February 03, 2020

metrics

• Watch for the surprises September 23, 2011

monoculture

• A collection of coding horrors June 19, 2019

movies

• Does your résumé have to fit on a single page? Roger Ebert has the answer. November 01, 2010

nosy

• How to deal with busybodies at work October 17, 2011

numbers

• How do I make my resume stand out? November 29, 2011
• Track your professional stats like a pro athlete to give your resume power November 14, 2011
• Resume tactics from the grocery checkout lane August 06, 2009

objective

• The simple math of why your resume probably isn't getting read. September 13, 2013
• Eight items to leave off your resume March 30, 2012
• How do I make my resume stand out? November 29, 2011
• Objective: "Obtain job where I commute by zipline" September 08, 2011
• The worst way to start a résumé October 26, 2010

patches

• Before you write a patch, write an email April 27, 2012

pig

• The most important pig in the office January 26, 2012

politics

• Trying to get your boss fired means you're looking at the wrong problem September 30, 2011

portfolio

• What can go in a sysadmin’s work portfolio? April 20, 2009

portfolios

• Your github account is not your portfolio, but it's a start August 24, 2011

prompt

• Set up tab completion for ssh and scp October 31, 2019
• Update your bash prompt to give each hostname a different color October 02, 2019
• My bash prompt with git/svn branch+status display April 24, 2013

qualifications

• Don’t confuse "qualifications" with "skills assumed of everyone" April 20, 2010

references

• Eight items to leave off your resume March 30, 2012

ripgrep

• The best open source project for someone might not be yours, and that's OK January 02, 2018

salary

• Eight items to leave off your resume March 30, 2012

self-assessments

• Eight items to leave off your resume March 30, 2012
• Never put "excellent communication skills" on your resume February 01, 2012
• Give just the facts when job hunting February 27, 2008

sexism

• Self-selecting for the thick-skinned means turning away contributors. May 29, 2012
• Distracting examples ruin your presentation July 26, 2011

shell

• A handy collection of shell aliases from my bash startup February 03, 2020

skills

• Undecided if something should go on your resume? Add more detail for guidance. April 11, 2012
• Don’t confuse "qualifications" with "skills assumed of everyone" April 20, 2010

summary

• Objective: "Obtain job where I commute by zipline" September 08, 2011

sysadmin

• What can go in a sysadmin’s work portfolio? April 20, 2009

tablespaces

• Which of my PostgreSQL indexes are getting used most heavily? October 10, 2011

templates

• How to use templates in vim July 13, 2018

thank you notes

• Rethink the post-interview thank you note May 15, 2012

thin-skinned

• Self-selecting for the thick-skinned means turning away contributors. May 29, 2012

tools

• ack 2.0 has been released April 19, 2013

touch

• The touch command does more than just create empty files July 10, 2011

tuning

• Which of my PostgreSQL indexes are getting used most heavily? October 10, 2011

vim

• How to enable Vim 9's new popup menu July 12, 2022

yes

• Open source is improv, so say "Yes and" January 23, 2012

zipline

• Objective: "Obtain job where I commute by zipline" September 08, 2011