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if mothering is the most difficult job in the world, mothers should stay home (so don't argue that!) gulfstream/435

Portrait photographs, taken on NYE. Character captured, effortlessly. Elsa Dorfman also does an incredible job but she also charges about  … gulfstream/655

Author of the Guardian's famous corrections column: "How dare you, sir. You are speaking to the person who has practically eradicated in the Guardian … gulfstream/705

Jack Saturn applies for his old Pyra job. (More) gulfstream/871

Zac Unger, a firefighter who last year wrote a terrific Slate diary on his job, is this week writing about the birth and first days of his … gulfstream/951

How generals get elected President. “Wesley Clark, as pundits have noted, faces many obstacles if he wants to be president, including the lack … gulfstream/1273

“Political insiders”—Democrats and Republicans—on whether Hillary Clinton can win the nomination/Presidency in 2008. 1. “One question: … gulfstream/1779

French work ethic? The new labour laws are bad because “when I do get a job I will basically have to work as hard as I can to keep it.” gulfstream/2049

Why do adults in cars now deliver newspapers? Levitt doesn’t know, but there are a few good theories in the comments, e.g. (1) parents are worried about … gulfstream/2131

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Beginning in 1984, when he started Def Jam Recordings, until his more recent occupation as a career-transforming, chart-topping, Grammy Award-winning … quotes/468

Bertrand Russell used to employ the method of "evidence against interest"; in other words of deciding that a critique of capital punishment, say, carried … quotes/440

GR: The first movie you worked on was The Empire Strikes Back. How did you get the job at ILM? NRJ: Got a call to join Lucasfilm out of the blue. I … quotes/370

A word about fact checking. Several hindsight artists have been quoted in the press saying that the New Republic's fact checkers should have caught Glass. … quotes/193

Bill Beckley: You were born in France, but you have lived a long time in the United States. What is the difference between the aesthetics of the two … quotes/125

... a Perl script is correct if it's halfway readable and gets the job done before your boss fires you. -- Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz, _Programming  … quotes/68

Since _engineer_ became a title of prestige in America, it has been assumed by a wide spectrum of charlatans. For a number of years the _Engineering … quotes/60

I cannot IMAGINE why Penguin Books Ltd have put my name on their Lady Chatterley's Lover list. (Can you? After all, I'm only a children's writer---whose … quotes/26

To Verlyn Klinkenborg, the professional trivialist whose job is to remind New York Times readers that spring follows winter and summer follows spring, … franzen/9

... it seemed to me that helping Katrina's homeless victims ought to be the government's job, not mine. I'd always voted for candidates who wanted to … franzen/3

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PHP Jobs London - survey, graphs
some stats on how much people are getting paid for php work in london

The Simple Dollar » 25 Questions to Think About Before Your Next Job Interview

perl IT Jobs Watch: Today's IT Rates & Skills

Software by Rob : How to Hire Like a Start-Up

Gamasutra - Feature - "Counteroffers: Accept Them? Ignore Them? The Answer Is Simple!"

Let the Good Times Roll--by Guy Kawasaki: The Art of Recruiting

Bhuvana Sundaramoorthy’s Blog » 50 COMMON INTERVIEW Q&A

Raganwald: Three tips for getting a job through a recruiter

How to Answer The 64 Toughest Interview Questions
(some of this advice is laughable/poorly thought out)

Stevey's Blog Rants: Ten Tips for a (Slightly) Less Awful Resume
"Nobody wants to hire you based on your extensive experience with observing work occuring."