A few months ago I saw an ad for a job requiring experience in "Mutexes and Sophomores". Apparently knowledge of critical sections and freshmen was not required.
Come on, GPA is not everything but it does count for something. If you have better humanities grades than comp sci grades, what are you doing in comp sci? When it comes down to slinging the code, you've gotta know your stuff.... And wait a second, bored listening to MIPS assembly? That's crazy talk.
I hate it when Anonymous Cowards get Score 5. It's like that guy who was already a millionaire winning the big lottery last month. Give us little guys some of that karma.
Re:How about free books available online?
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General IT Books?
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I'm a big fan of the "Effective"-style books (Effective C++, Effective STL, Effective TCP/IP Programming). They don't try to cover the subject comprehensively, just highlight some key points and tips.
Basically, just stand out from the crowd by doing something other than the old: this is an array, this is a linked list, here are the networking layers, blah blah blah. I want something I can use over and over and can easily reference. Perl Cookbook is another good one.
BTW, First Post! (Really, it's my first post ever on/.)
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A few months ago I saw an ad for a job requiring experience in "Mutexes and Sophomores". Apparently knowledge of critical sections and freshmen was not required.
Although minimum order for free shipping is $40.
He was on the front page of securityfocus.com for a long time, also.
Here's a quote from the guy: "There's people who sit in their basements and have nothing better to do than get all upset about spam."
What total assholes these people are.
Rebates are free money. If you're too lazy to follow through with your part, then don't buy the product. It's really as simple as that.
Come on, GPA is not everything but it does count for something. If you have better humanities grades than comp sci grades, what are you doing in comp sci? When it comes down to slinging the code, you've gotta know your stuff.... And wait a second, bored listening to MIPS assembly? That's crazy talk.
I hate it when Anonymous Cowards get Score 5. It's like that guy who was already a millionaire winning the big lottery last month. Give us little guys some of that karma.
O'Reilly Open Books Project
Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in..." books
Data Structures and Algorithms books
MIT's Structure and Interpretation of Programming Languages
Numerical Recipes series
Handbook of Applied Cryptography
The Art of Assembly Language Programming
Object-Oriented System Development
GTK+/Gnome Application Development
GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool
Effective Perl (partial)
Programming Pearls (partial)
I'm a big fan of the "Effective"-style books (Effective C++, Effective STL, Effective TCP/IP Programming). They don't try to cover the subject comprehensively, just highlight some key points and tips.
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Basically, just stand out from the crowd by doing something other than the old: this is an array, this is a linked list, here are the networking layers, blah blah blah. I want something I can use over and over and can easily reference. Perl Cookbook is another good one.
BTW, First Post! (Really, it's my first post ever on