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Deb Perelman

Deb Perelman
Deb Perelman is a journalist in New York City with a focus on tech and the daily grind. Previously she was a reporter for eWEEK, leading the magazine and Web site's coverage of the issue and trends that affect IT workers.

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  • Will it be impossible to change jobs this year?

    By Deb Perelman | January 12, 2009, 2:14pm PST

    Career Builder said last week that nearly one-in-five workers plan to change jobs in 2009, a percentage unchanged from the year. The lack of variation surprised me. I would expect that being in...

  • How to be a better techie in 2009

    By Deb Perelman | December 30, 2008, 3:55pm PST

    In 2009, this could be you. … Cure cancer, run that three-minute mile, save the whales… remember when your New Years Resolutions were downright triumphant? These days, they sound a...

  • The sweet lure of tomorrow

    By Deb Perelman | December 22, 2008, 4:20pm PST

    Do you feel like this when you get back from a holiday break? Just sending out your holiday cards today? Rushing to get gifts you’ll need to distribute in 48 hours? Frantically filing your...

  • The steep price of good technology

    By Deb Perelman | December 10, 2008, 9:30am PST

    What was good for the Netflix customer — a less buggy experience, courtesy of Microsoft’s Silverlight — was bad for the 50 technical specialists laid off when their services were...

  • Nobody works for a dollar

    By Deb Perelman | December 3, 2008, 1:56pm PST

    Not the executives at Chrysler, Ford and GM and not the CEOs of Apple, Google and Yahoo. Oh, and especially not this writer.

  • The most slacking-est time of the year

    By Deb Perelman | December 1, 2008, 2:03pm PST

    Is this what your office looks like from November to January? Statistically speaking, you’re not doing any work today — or so poll after poll out this time of year about “lost...

  • 'The devil you know' keeps worried workers in place

    By Deb Perelman | November 13, 2008, 2:29pm PST

    So, let’s say that you’re one of the lucky ones who slip out from under the economic downturn’s merciless grip, and you get to keep your job. Aside from keeping your head down...

  • Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?

    By Deb Perelman | November 10, 2008, 12:34pm PST

    Sadly, we’re talking about the other kind of pink slip. I know what you’re probably thinking: What a ridiculous question. There is no gentle way to hand out pink slip. There is no way...

  • My Awesome IT Job: Enterprise Architect, IBM

    By Deb Perelman | October 31, 2008, 4:03pm PDT

    Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we’ve all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from...

  • No rest for the weary techie

    By Deb Perelman | October 24, 2008, 10:09am PDT

    Does your workload make you want to do this? The state of the economy, and the job market that it is dragging down with it, may or may not have affected you yet. Your company may be mired in...

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