Technology Career News & Advice

How Microsoft can compete in mobile (WSJ), printing business Lexmark to lay off 1,700 (Bloomberg), Zynga exec departs for new gaming business (AllThingsD) and more. For all the news you need throughout the day, follow techFINSider on Facebook.

If you tell the tale of your career correctly, you'll emotionally connect with the interviewer and have a better chance to be remembered -- and get the job.

The employment Catch-22 (Forbes), Apple prods hardware chief out of retirement (AllThingsD), PLUMgrid to hire 30 (FINS) and more. For all the news you need throughout the day, follow techFINSider on Twitter and Facebook.

Some tech companies advocate "pair programming"—where two people share one desk and one computer. Proponents say it's a more efficient way of creating software, but for some engineers, it can feel like an endless bad date.

Networking virtualization start-up PLUMgrid said it will hire 30 new employees over the next year and a half. Earlier this month, the company raised $10.7 million from investors US Venture Partners and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.

Apple gets $1 billion from jury (WSJ), Salesforce.com to hiring hundreds in Portland (The Oregonian), programmers learn to share (WSJ) and more. For all the news you need throughout the day, follow techFINSider on Twitter and Facebook.

Iowa isn't your typical start-up city and Ben Milne isn't your typical start-up chief executive. A native Iowan, Milne didn't attend Stanford; he went to the University of Northern Iowa before dropping out to start Elemental Designs, a Web-based audio speaker retailer. Now his ambitions are really big.