Guests this week
Recent graduate Manit Sahib joins us on the phone to explain what he does as a rational tools specialist and, in the studio, we have band tracker website Songkick's junior developer James Coglan (@jcoglan). Both share their top tips for careers in web and software development.
Plus, Josh Picket, a 16-year-old developer being tipped by Rewired State for a very successful career, talks to us about balancing hacking with homework. He blogs at Fifteen and a Half and tweets as @LordJawsh.
News review
We discuss some of the findings from High Fliers Graduate Careers Survey - including the evidence that graduate confidence is on the up. We salute the unemployed Irish graduate who has hired out a huge billboard to try and attract employers attention. Plus, Wannabe Hack Nick Petrie, joins us to talk about holding out for your ideal job.
Dear Julian
Keen to go from working for free to charging a fee? Julian Linley discusses how to get paid for your work when you're just starting out
Jobs top 10
For this week's jobs chart, we're sticking with the tech theme. Top roles include a web community manager for the British Youth Council and a senior user experience architect via ecom recruitment. For more details, and more jobs, hop over to Guardian Jobs.
Q&As coming up this week
Monday 6 June: Routes into fashion
Wednesday 8 June: Will a postgraduate degree boost your career?
Friday 10 June: Breaking into nature conservation
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