Software Engineering

A Dice Talent Community

When you’re ready to move from coder to software engineer, come see us. When you’re ready to see what’s next as a software engineer, come see us. Career tracks, advancement, keeping your essential geekiness — it’s all here. Following this community adds its articles and discussions to My Tech Feed.

THIS DICE TALENT COMMUNITY SPONSORED BY:

Technology is Your Thing. It’s Ours Too.

Microsoft was built by people like you—people with a belief in the boundless potential of software. Our employees have one thing in common: Passion for life, passion for creating quality products, and the passion to realize their own potential. Your future awaits – join us for a rich, rewarding career and lifestyle.

Learn More

Why Technical Interviews Work (And Why They Don’t)

By Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Apr 29, 2013

40 comments

Posted In Looking in Tech, Software Engineering

Some developers see technical interviews as just part of the process that they have to put up with when they’re looking for work. Others think they’re great, and a great deal more think they’re the worst thing to happen to programming since <insert most hated programming language here>. Having made a business out of helping people prepare for coding interviews, let me be the first to say this: Technical interviewing isn’t perfect and I don’t think it is the way… continue…

Should You Build Your Product on a Proprietary Platform?

By Catherine Powell

Apr 24, 2013

2 comments

Posted In Software Engineering, Web Development, Working in Tech

A potential client of mine had a great idea: They were going to build the next great product (let’s call it WidgetFoo), and it was going to be social for enterprise. So, we sat down to have a high level architecture discussion. How were we going to build this thing? Before I go further, let me say for the record: No, the product’s not a widget, but since they’re in the middle of building it right now, I can’t actually… continue…

Mashery Acquisition Continues Intel Diversification

By nick kolakowski

Apr 19, 2013

1 comment

Posted In Software Engineering, Working in Tech

Mashery Acquisition Continues Intel’s Diversification (via slashdot) Intel is purchasing API technology firm Mashery, as first reported by ReadWrite and subsequently reported by other publications. If the deal goes through, it will give Intel a deeper presence in software and services, particularly those targeted at developers; Mashery’s API-related features include… continue…

QA Lessons From iOS 6.1.2

By Eric Schweitzer

Apr 9, 2013

3 comments

Posted In iOS, Software Engineering, Working in Tech

Shortly after the release of Apple’s iOS 6.1, reports appeared about issues with iOS Mail and Microsoft Exchange mail servers. They said iOS devices were generating excessive interactions with the server, resulting in huge log files, and there was talk of reduced battery life on the iOS device. In February, Apple released iOS 6.1.2 to address the issue. It turned out the excess Exchange activity only occurred after the user accepted an exception to a recurring calendar event. It seems… continue…

Implementing an Engineering Training Plan

By Catherine Powell

Mar 28, 2013

Add a comment

Posted In Software Engineering, Working in Tech

And now, the thrilling conclusion to our tale. After completing a hiring wish list, meeting a prime candidate and considering what goes into a training plan, the startup WidgetCo and its new hire JavaGuy were ready for their first day. The first draft of WidgetCo’s training plan looked like this: Give him an assignment, and be around to answer questions. That is a recipe for failure. The basic idea is sound: Let the candidate learn by doing, and answer any… continue…

See All