Nick Corcodilos

On June 22, 2026   /   Q&A Question I am a Product Manager at a small company with dream of going IPO. My compensation consists of base salary, bonus, and stock options, all of which is pretty standard. Recently a former manager I had worked for moved to another company to become their director. He called me and wanted me to come and help him out. All the interviews went well and I received an offer from HR. The offer was a joke.

On March 30, 2026   /   Q&A Question People looking for jobs complain they keep getting rejected. I’ll tell you why: they’re applying for the wrong jobs. We face this every day. We keep rejecting one candidate after another for this simple reason. Every manager in my company will tell you a really good candidate is very hard to find. These applicants don’t even make it through the HR screening or skills testing. You headhunters supposedly have the magic.

The insider's edge on job search & hiring™ On March 2, 2026   /   Q&A Question I need you to settle an argument. Overall, what’s going to serve a person better: a career-focused professional degree, or a liberal arts education? My buddy the software engineer says the former. I say the latter. What got us going is an article in The Washington Post about this question. The author is a liberal-arts type.