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CXO

Using performance reviews to your advantage

Many developers view performance reviews as a painful process to be avoided, but they can be a good tool for career development. Follow these guidelines to take full advantage of reviews.

Developer

Read and write text files with Visual Basic .NET

Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace.

Developer

How to thrive as a developer among nondevelopers

If you're a lone wolf developer, keeping your skills fresh and your career on track can be a struggle. Find out how teaching your colleagues and performing your own code review can help you stay sharp.

CXO

Making the transition from developer to manager

Making the move from developer to manager means more money, but it also means more responsibility and headaches. Find out how to make the transition a smooth one with these best practices.

Networking

WMI simplifies system information retrieval

The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Microsoft's implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), is a standards-based system management interface that speeds tasks like retrieving system information. Learn how WMI can work for you.

Developer

How to mentor a greenhorn developer

Mentoring new developers can be tough--especially when they have no formal training. Here's some step-by-step advice on how to ease them into a development position.

Microsoft

ADSI provides a powerful directory services interface tool

Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) offers system architects a powerful development interface for network services, including Novell, Active Directory, and LDAP. Read this article to learn how to integrate it into your applications.

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Using performance reviews to your advantage

Read and write text files with Visual Basic .NET

How to thrive as a developer among nondevelopers

Making the transition from developer to manager

WMI simplifies system information retrieval

How to mentor a greenhorn developer

ADSI provides a powerful directory services interface tool

Guidelines for building security policies

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Hiring kit: Autonomous systems engineer

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