Techies care passionately about their work, which encourages them to develop in-depth expertise, follow new trends, and pay attention to career opportunities. Those goals don't always align. If you see colleagues find advanced jobs in new environments, it may be time to investigate what a move might mean to your career and what to do to snag a great opportunity.

Hoping to boost your career by cashing in on the IoT wave? Security and big data smarts are the job skills that pay off biggest.

Interested in an infosec career, but not sure you have the right background? How these high-profile cybersecurity professionals got started might surprise you.

There are right and wrong ways to ask for a higher salary. Experts weigh in on what to say, and when.

There are still organizations that don't feel they need diversity in their IT staff. Here's tongue-in-cheek advice for companies that don't want to attract women, and practical, real advice for companies that do.

Women pay a price if they don’t cooperate.

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Qualified security professionals are in high demand. No sooner do you hire them, they leave for better pay or greater job satisfaction. Here's how to find, hire, and retain the best of the best.

It's hard to predict how different sysadmins jobs will be in the coming years. But here are some guidelines gathered during a sysadmin career spanning more than three decades.

Investing in big data and other data analytics technologies is clearly a good career bet. But what's the best way to get a job in these fields? Here's what employers are looking for.

It’s clear that there are hundreds of thousands of people around the world who were raised by at least one narcissist, and it wreaked havoc on their self-esteem, their feelings of well-being and safety, and their confidence and courage

Undoubtedly you've seen people shoot off their own feet at work. Herein are a few career-saving light-bulb moments.

What do women want at work? Women IT workers who like their jobs explain what their employers do differently.

Thousands of workers face unemployment as retailers struggle to adapt to online shopping. But even as e-commerce grows, it isn’t absorbing these workers.

How to give compassionate feedback to applicants who didn't get the job

In the last few months, several large players, including Google and Facebook, have released their latest — and ultimately disappointing …

Business magnate Michael Bloomberg, a man worth an estimated $48.9 billion, says that when he was 22, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his career. In a commencement speech at Villanova University on Friday, the former mayor of New York City shared how he navigated the transition from school to the workforce.

Wherever you are on your IT career path, it pays to find an experienced advisor who can guide you through pitfalls and shortcuts, both within your company and in the broader industry. But you need to find the right person and avoid jumping into an alliance with the wrong one.

Extroverts love, and get, attention. But organizations miss out when they fail to cultivate the contributions of introverts, too. Susan Cain, author and co-founder of Quiet Revolution, uncovers why and finds ways for "quiet geniuses" to thrive.

Where and how can savvy IT pros distinguish themselves in a crowded cloud? Where are the best opportunities to be found? Here are the platforms worth betting your paycheck on.