... I wanted to be a veterinarian because then
I could play with puppies all day. I was fairly certain that was, in fact,
their entire job. After an unfortunate incident involving my dog and a
neighbor’s ... 6:48:55 AM
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a music major. Not a dual computer science and music—just a plain
old music major. And even he had a directly applicable role: making
sound effects for Xbox. ... of a retail company than a
software company. It faced extremely hard times during the dot-com
crash, and continues to battle profi t margins that are levels of magni-
tude lower than that of a...
... to evaluate them and their company.
These informational interviews are very common across tech
companies, both for external applicants and for internal candidates
wishing to transfer teams.
CH003.indd ... before I started college. The
pay—$12 per hour—wasn’t bad for my age but more importantly,
I had a position that was actually specialized to my background.
Exactly one year later, I was an ... early
age played a critical role as well. I doubt that my future manager
would have looked as fondly upon a waitressing job.
There are lots of interesting jobs you can take—paid, unpaid,
and,...
... database.
Utilized JQuery and AJAX to provide
dynamic and interactive user interface.
Designed and created MySQL database
and also wrote PHP script to populate
the database with test data.
Built ... Report Maker and
Fusion Chart that generates reports and
provides visualization of real-time data.
Implemented Hibernate mapping and
Java classes to provide clean interface for
interacting ...
salivate.
References
“One time I called a candidate’s reference and she said that the
candidate had been fi red for theft a fact the candidate had not
revealed to me,” recounted Matthew, a serial...
... Rejection
For each offer a company gives out, a company rejects an average of
5 to 10 candidates. That means that, as a candidate, you can expect
to get rejected a lot. It may mean that the position ... candidates are more likely to work hard at ajob and stay
at the company. Companies look for enthusiasm, and researching
the company, position, and people is one way to prove that.
Additionally, ... details.
Alternatively, you can be more direct and say: “I can elaborate
on that if you’d like.” This is a good way of skipping over details in
a story that an interviewer may or may not want...
... his day writinga few games and small pieces
of software. This candidate spun what was initially a red fl ag—an
extended career gap—into a big plus. Many of us write software
for pay, but writing ... fora spe-
cifi c case can help illustrate a general trend.
Example: A bunch of people are on an island and, one night,
some are given magical hats. These hats are magical because
they can’t ... basic approach of estimation ques-
tions, I always seem to make mathematical mistakes. I’m just
not good at math in my head. Can I ask fora calculator, or is
there anything else I can do?
~W....
... interact? Think about what the
major actions that occur in the restaurant are. For example,
a Party makes a Reservation with a Host. The Host sits the
Party at a Table and assigns them a Server. ... imagine we
are cutting characters out of a magazine to form a ransom note.
We can solve the simplifi ed ransom note problem with charac-
ters by simply creating an array and counting the characters. ... necessary.”
Long hours are a necessity in the casual gaming world. Casual
games fl y from conception to release in a mere two months. Finishing
a project before a deadline is always a race, and...
... your research. By being armed with data about
industry salary and what your company offers to similar
candidates, you’ll have a much better idea of what is rea-
sonable to ask for and what isn’t. ... Much)
Because game companies move so fast, it’s important that a can-
didate understand her skill set, and understand how it can be
applied. A candidate should be able to say ‘I’ve done A, B, and ... and a high attention to detail. Fluency in
multiple languages is also highly desirable. Audra Aulabaugh
from Big Fish Games advises candidates to see customer
service roles as a way into a...
... outreach to make
more educators, librarians, and rural health care providers aware of the
programs and for evaluation to update and analyze data on program
utilization and to assess impacts of ... Implementation
This chapter advocates an information age social contract that provides
universal access to broadband. A social contract of this nature derives its le-
gitimacy from the fundamental ... reasonable terms, can
distribute public media content across all platforms, and can make con-
tent available for citizen engagement and reuse.
Digital Media and Young Audiences
The Internet and...
... advantage of
resources, and break down federal barriers so that they can create jobs, leverage private
investment, increase economic activity, expand educational opportunities, increase quality ... Equal Pay Task Force to crack down on equal pay law violations. The
President is committed to closing the pay gap once and for all and is calling on Congress to finally
pass the Paycheck Fairness ... develop and build manufacturing
technologies and capabilities that will help U.S based manufacturers and workers compete and
win.
o End tax breaks for companies to ship jobs overseas and make...
... the
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ment information and global measures of hydrophobic
core formation. Proteins 43, 1–11.
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T, ... NMR
system: a new software suite for macromolecular
structure determination. Acta Crystallogr, Sect D 54,
905–921.
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Kaptein R & Thornton JM (1996) AQUA and ... dihedral angle restraints. Fifty conformations
that give low conformation energy and that give no
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and 5 A
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