The Art of Coaching Programmers
Programmers are notoriously difficult to coach because they can be relentlessly logical and analytical, and they tend to distrust coaches who don't understand their world. This conference explores techniques for working effectively with programmers.

How to Write a Killer Resume
If you've been looking for a job, or are thinking of testing the job market, you need to know that the rules for technical resumes have changed - a lot. No longer are they just a history of where you worked and what you know, they are now an element in a complete advertising campaign aimed at selling you into the job of your dreams in the face of stiff competition.

Coping with Job Stress
You already know that you work in a stressful industry. Learn how to reduce the stress in your job as much as possible, and to cope with unavoidable stress. It could save your life.

Why Agile Is Healthy For You
There are lots of reasons to suspect that agile development is a very effective way to build software, but there are also reasons to suspect that it is more mentally healthy for developers, managers, and everyone else concerned. In this seminar, I'll be interviewing Gil Broza of Industrial Logic, one of the foremost agile implementation coaches in the world, about how people and organizations adapt to agile practices. We'll also be discussing ways of introducing agile practices into your own organization.

What Recruiters Really Do
I'll be interviewing Joe Centrella, Director of Recruitment for Resource Options Inc., one of the premier recruitment and talent search agencies in the Boston area. We'll be talking about a wide range of topics, and fielding questions from anyone who wants to attend. You might be curious about how recuiters evaluate candidates, or how they match them with available jobs, or what they do behind the scenes to help you win the job you want.

Career Planning for Programmers
For programmers and other software development professionals, "career planning" doesn't mean the same thing that it does to, say, bankers. It has much more to do with long-term learning, being with people you respect, and (incidentally) keeping your salary curve on an upward trend.