[colug-432] job search

[Rick Hornsby]

OT: This is not a solicitation for job offers, but rather a solicitation for suggestions and thoughts on conducting a technical job search.

When you decide it is time to move on from your current job, what are you doing these days in terms of searching for something new?  (For the sake of argument, there’s nowhere to go in your current company, it’s time to move on.)  Are job websites like Dice still something technical people use?  Are you guys who have been around the field for a while still using sites like Dice, or have you found that you’ve done enough networking Dice is the type of place you’ll leave to the entry-mid level career folks?  If not, are there sites besides Dice (that’s the most tech-centric one I know) that you might use?

If you want to relocate to another specific city (or another state), how do you approach that in your correspondence?  On a related note, do you do anything to make your cover letter/resume stand out visually?  I know we’re not graphic designers, but a boring Times New Roman 12pt font is well, boring and looks just like every other resume out there.

The more devops-minded I’ve gotten (i.e. the more code I’m writing as a Linux admin), the more difficult (and frustrating) it is to be forced to use Windows as a desktop+development platform.  It makes sense to me - but does it make sense to talk about this during the interview process?  That is, does it make sense to ask about EUC device choice?  Mac for desktop use is preferred (kind of best of both worlds thing), Linux second, but not Windows.  Is that an unreasonable criteria when considering a job these days?

thanks!