Even if your dream job is in marketing or sales or another department seemingly unrelated to programming, I'm not going to hire you unless you can at least understand the basic way my company works.

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You never know which connection will lead to your dream job or create influence in unexpected places.

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But in reality, you already know all the people you need to land your dream job.

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In an earlier post, I talked about 7 ways to customize your search to go after your dream job.

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You may not be doing the cooking on your dream Thanksgiving, but if you are, you can certainly get the job done in this South Carolina beauty.

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