Defying recent trends, job seekers might be surprised to know that, despite leaving the 2016 year on uncertain and ambiguous term -- the Canadian IT industry may be one of the few things left to be excited about in the new year. Entrepreneurship seems to drive growth in Toronto’s IT... read more →
Jan
18
Nov
22
Despite quite a few new novel methods for web development, integration of basic functions in web applications has always been done best by the simplest of solutions. Ajax has been around for a little over a decade and continues to be a mainstay programming technique for industries of all sizes... read more →
Oct
28
Twenty years ago, working in IT meant being permanently shackled to your computer. While the spirit of that hasn't changed over the years, shrinking development teams means knowledge workers are working in a variety of positions, doing things that they typically haven't been comfortable with in the past. You could... read more →
Oct
12
Sitting halfway between a good habit and a good business practices, any software engineer or systems admin exploring projects beyond the scale of a single developer have to start thinking about their methodologies. Development methodologies, like any good work habit, are only felt when they aren’t used. And being familiar... read more →
Sep
29
Ruby on Rails, better known as Rails within its community, is something of a dark horse in Web Development these days. While it’s become a show-stopping full-stack development platform, it’s attachment to the little understood and rare Ruby script has made it a rare skills among web developers. But if... read more →
Sep
09
Apple’s biannual release of the iPhone -- this year being the iPhone 7, started, rather tellingly, with a rather funny mistake on Apple’s part. Rather than rely on a network of millions of hungry tech bloggers, Apple unceremoniously leaked some of the main features of the iPhone 7 through promoted... read more →
Aug
25
Last week we discussed the social aspect of social networking: the act of presenting yourself as more than just the sum of your business or skillset. Charming prospects into trusting your character is where all business in a face-to-face environment begins. But how do you actually translate those social interactions... read more →
Aug
16
If you've ever been to an industry mixer event, you probably have a bad impression of networking. Either you believe networking is full of dead ends (and they are), or you struggle to really sell your personality and your work to prospects -- connecting with the unfamiliar can be daunting... read more →
Aug
04
Not since Generation X has modern media been so fixated with an age demographic. Bloggers and journalists treat the Millennial generation as something halfway between mystery and suspicion. Employers, marketers, and brand specialists swap almost-myths and hearsay of how to capture the elusive Millennial, swapping tactics like tackleboxes. Employers need... read more →
Jul
28
The tech industry, especially in an industry like Toronto’s, tend to produce very different experiences for different people. It’s an industry that tends to be in very high demand, but not always consistently across different positions and types of development work. This can lead to fairly sizable portion of tech... read more →