garann

I was inspired by Selena Deckelmann's list of Career Resources for Women (http://www.chesnok.com/daily/career-resources-for-women/), but couldn't think of much to contribute. So I thought maybe those of us already in the field and in a position to mentor could work on creating more. Please fork or comment and add your own!

Also: there is a wealth of info online and elsewhere dating back to the first time it occurred to our species to exchange labor for currency on these topics in general. What I hope we can provide here is our take as individuals. What we would say to someone if we were sitting across from her acting as a mentor. I don't think we should worry about being objectively "right", or about duplicating topics. I add this bit of anti-editorializing in hopes that women will contribute without feeling pressured to be experts, which I worry might prevent them from doing so. TY. :)

Applying for jobs

• "developer resumes in < 5 minutes" from @garann https://vimeo.com/47550018
• "Cover Letters in 5 m

datagrok

This article is now published on my website: Prefer Subshells for Context.

avdi

Chances are your head's spinning right now. That accusation of bias caught you off guard, you got kind of defensive, and now all hell has broken loose. You're feeling attacked on all sides. You're a good person at heart, and having all these people treat you like the antichrist is pretty upsetting.

You need to say something, but you're probably not in the best headspace to write copy right now. So to help you along, here's my 100% guaranteed-or-you-money-back scandal defusement apology template:

k0s

#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib, sys

if len(sys.argv) == 2:
    url = "http://%s.pastebin.mozilla.org" % sys.argv[1]
    fmt = sys.argv[1]
else:
    url = "http://pastebin.mozilla.org"
    fmt = "None"

gilesbowkett

if building command-line @posterous clients, write "signature" feature which links to the blog auto-posted from (make it visible only on @posterous by including simple JavaScript)

fairchild

#!/bin/bash

#keeping track of steps to install etherpad on Ubuntu 10.04

echo "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner">>/etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update

sudo apt-get -y install sun-java6-jdk 
update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun
sudo apt-get install scala mysql-server mysql-client libmysql-java git