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Postdoctoral Research or Software Engineering Position, Computational Landscape Modeling, University of Colorado, Boulder

| June 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

Interesting job post appeared in my inbox.  Check it out: Postdoctoral Research or Software Engineering Position, Computational Landscape Modeling, University of Colorado, Boulder. Applications are invited for either a post-doctoral researcher with a background in the Earth Sciences and in scientific software development, or a software engineer with experience in geoscience modeling. The successful candidate [...]

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Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate Part 4 – Long Term Career Planning

| June 25, 2012 | 4 Comments

In Part 1, I posted a line of questioning I received from a soon-to-graduate geography major.  My response is in 3 parts: (1) summer suggestions, (2) hitting the job market next year, and (3) long-term (3-5 years) career positioning.  In Part 2 I provided suggestions for what to do this summer.  In Part 3 I cover hitting the job [...]

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Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate Part 3 – Hitting the Job Market

| June 18, 2012 | 6 Comments

In Part 1, I posted a line of questioning I received from a soon-to-graduate geography major.  My response is in 3 parts: (1) summer suggestions, (2) hitting the job market next year, and (3) long-term (3-5 years) career positioning.  In Part 2 I provided suggestions for what to do this summer and in today’s post I’ll [...]

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Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate Part 2 – Summer Suggestions

Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate Part 2 – Summer Suggestions

| June 13, 2012 | 13 Comments

In Part 1, I posted a line of questioning I received from a soon-to-graduate geography major.  You’ll want to go back and read Part 1 if you haven’t already because otherwise my response may not make sense. My response is in 3 parts: (1) summer suggestions, (2) hitting the job market next year, and (3) [...]

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TerraSeer is Hiring – Apply to Join our Team as a Database Developer

TerraSeer is Hiring – Apply to Join our Team as a Database Developer

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

Job title: Database Developer Date posted: 06/12/2012 Job type: Full-time Job Description The successful candidate will work with an entrepreneurial team of software developers to deliver cutting edge web-based geospatial visualization applications, allowing large business enterprises to leverage data investments and identify opportunities for improved operational efficiency. The position is responsible for analyzing, designing, implementing [...]

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Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate

| June 4, 2012 | 6 Comments

I recently received the following email from a student nearing graduation with a bachelor’s degree and seeking geospatial career advice.  Mr. Holman, You’re obviously a busy guy, so I’ll try not to make this too protracted. I just wanted to say “thank you” for writing your blog.The perspective you have as someone versed in both [...]

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Summer Ideas for the Young and Broke

| May 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

For college students or recent graduates who are reading my blog posts on Spatial Careers and trying to figure out how to use their summer months productively, I would recommend reading the advice below from James Altucher.  This is quoted from a recent blog post with several different questions that he received during his regular Thursday [...]

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Geospatial Database Administrator

| May 24, 2012 | 8 Comments

This is my sixth post in the Spatial Career series.  In previous posts I’ve written about how to prepare for a career as a GIS Software Developer, as a Geospatial Analyst, as a Cartography/Visualization Specialist, a Geographic Information Scientist and a Spatial Statistician.   In this post I will describe how to prepare for a [...]

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Spatial Career Guide is now Required Reading at USC

Spatial Career Guide is now Required Reading at USC

| April 29, 2012 | 5 Comments

I was mentioned on Twitter because my post on GIS Software Developer career preparation as part of the Spatial Career series is now required reading for a graduate level GIS class at the University of Southern California.  I thought this was pretty cool.  I think my PhD advisor was hoping my contribution to the discipline would [...]

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Spatial Career Guide – Geographic Information Scientist

| April 10, 2012 | 1 Comment

This is my fourth post in the Spatial Career series.  In previous posts I’ve written about how to prepare for a career as a GIS Software Developer, as a Geospatial Analyst, and as a Cartography/Visualization Specialist.   In this post I will describe how to prepare for a career as a Geographic Information Scientist. The most important word in this [...]

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