Build your Dream career
Find the answers to your career questions
Latest News & Updates
Discy Latest Articles
What is it like to be a movie extra
Please introduce yourself My name is Madlena. My primary occupation is implementing pricing and billing software for large companies. What is your experience in the movie industry? I have some experience as a background actor or extra in multiple movies, ...
5 Highest Paying Freelancing Jobs
Freelancing is making rolls all over the world for a few past years, and it has emerged out to be an exciting industry that is paying lucrative incentives to skilled freelancers. Just because it allows you to work the way ...
5 Ways to Keep Your Career Going as a Stay-At-Home Parent
Many parents feel like their work gets in the way of being there for their kids. But what if you like your career? You aren’t alone, and these feelings are perfectly normal.
How do I tell my new employer that I can’t use the computer they gave me?
To expand a bit on my comment on @KateGregory’s answer, the problem you face with using your own computer is “who owns what?”. How is a line drawn between things that you do on that computer for the company vs. for yourself? If you work on other projects off the clock, can the company make any claimRead more
Should I start with Django or JavaScript?
If your interests indeed lie in front-end development, JavaScript would be a better option for you since, well, it is the language of the front-end of the web, so to speak. Django (which is a framework, not a language) would be something to learn in order to create a back-end. So, you could even comRead more
Should I start with Django or JavaScript?
I will disagree with Rishabh on this one, it's only when I started with JavaScript did I truly come to appreciate the design decisions that are made in any programming language. JavaScript taught me a whole lot of semantic concepts. Be it the prototypal school of inheritance, or functional programmiRead more
Is PHP still a relevant language in 2017?
Yes it still is and it will be for a long time. At least in web development. WordPress is powering close to 75 million website and that uses PHP. I work for an agency that is trying to get PHP developer for 12 month and is still employing. In the UK is a large amount of open PHP jobs and I get contaRead more
Is PHP still a relevant language in 2017?
It is just shifting away from being the only major server-side scripting language to one of many, that is all. It is true that it became out of favor for high volume sites and large-scale commercial infrastructures lately but it still remains really popular for small to mederate sized applications.Read more
How much do web developers earn? What is their salary?
Front-End Developers focus their efforts on the website’s interface and user interaction. The core of their work is done with JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, associated frameworks like Angular and Backbone, and libraries like jQuery. Salaries range from about $43,000 to $102,000, according to PayScale, witRead more
How much do web developers earn? What is their salary?
Back-End Developers concentrate on what goes on behind the scenes of a website. These are the people who build the databases that host the site’s content and implement the technologies that runs its search and e-commerce capabilities. Focused more on the website’s responsiveness and speed than whatRead more
What is a programmer’s life like?
Monday to Friday: I work around 18 hours per day and I don’t even notice they were so many hours. I recover my dignity this way. Friday night to Sunday: I hit vodka like there’s no tomorrow, probably do some crazy things in some club. I loose my dignity somewhere I don’t recall. Repeat. Corollary: DRead more
What is a programmer’s life like?
Work Work for a programmer is their bread and butter. It’s usually where we get to program the most. In my case, I program, review/monitor analytics, look for new areas to collect data on, and implement all of the above each day. I also take breaks to keep my sanity and drink copious amounts of coffRead more
What is a programmer’s life like?
Fun All of the above doesn’t leave much time for fun. To keep my sanity, I squeeze every bit of free time out of life to ensure that I’m not missing out on opportunities. Of course spending time with my family is fun, but for the sake of separation I’ll be excluding that time from this section (I feRead more