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What's bugging you?

Every week we ship an email newsletter featuring the region’s most exciting career opportunities. We’ve lovingly called it This Week in Jobs (aka TWIJ). Below is this week’s edition; it’s meant to live in your inbox. Sign up for the newsletter here.

Question of the week: Why do we call computer glitches “bugs”?

Some believe it’s because 78 years ago to the day on September 9, 1947, engineers at Harvard opened up the Mark II computer and discovered a moth trapped in a relay. Grace Hopper, the pioneering computer scientist on the project, may or may not have been the one to turn that moment into a lasting metaphor for problem-solving by popularizing the logbook noting that it was the “first actual case of bug being found.”

But the use of “bug” to refer to a fault or defect goes back even further, to the late 1800s and a newspaper story about Thomas Edison.

Either way, we still use the term computer bug. 

Careers can collect bugs, too. Maybe you have a resume gap, your cover letter is unclear or you freeze up in interviews.

Debugging your job search is about spotting those glitches and making the adjustments that keep everything running smoothly, whether by asking a friend or mentor for help or using AI tools to practice answering questions about yourself.

The News

Can AI help you showcase your skills better in job applications? We put it to the test.

Fill your calendar with these 35 tech and entrepreneurship events in September.

Pittsburgh Tech Week is back this year and bigger than ever, with organizers calling on more community organizations to get involved. 

Childcare is an economic development strategy — data from the Global Entrepreneurship Network shows how education, policy and ecosystems can shape business creation around the world.

Bringing internet to the Appalachians: How Garrett County navigates funding, terrain and tech.

AI data center growth raises Pittsburgh-area hopes, but job gains and community benefits aren’t guaranteed.

Partner Spotlight

Certara accelerates medicines using proprietary biosimulation software, technology, and services that transform traditional drug discovery and development. The org’s clients include over 2,400 biopharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and regulatory agencies across 70 countries.

In addition to accelerating the development of new medicinces, you can also accelerate your career at Certara.

Explore open roles including Product Manager and Software Engineer II.

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The Jobs

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The End

Now fly, like a moth to a relay!