I graduated in May and recently interviewed at little company called Raytheon. The job there was specificly for entry level programmers.
The manager that was hiring told me he didn't look at anything below a 3.5 GPA. I had an IST degree, not a CS (IST != MIS) and I was offered the interview and it was great. Someone who worked under the manager actually tested me on whether or not I knew PERL by having me write a little program. I told them before they even flew me down for the interview that I only worked on it a tiny bit a long time ago. I wrote the program they wanted and later the guy told me that he didn't care if I knew perl, but he did care that I could figure out how to use perl and look things up in a timely fashion. After that I was interviewed by the manager (not the guy who tested me on perl) and he gave me a scenario work with on a marker board. Never before have I had an interview so good.
I was offered the job too, but I turned it down because I was offered another job (among others) closer to the area. Jobs like the one I accepted was through a recruiter who I knew because I was active in school (we had him come in and speak to students).
From what I've seen, you have to know where to look. The Raytheon job was right on their website. If you have the credentials, they'll take a look at you. If you slacked off in school, well, that's your fault.
Yes, everyone would be their own power source (or possibly more). It'd be like a collective. If the power plants go out, there'd still be power for everyone....until the sun went down. (Geothermal anyone?)
...and a little work, you could have your own version. Hack an I-Opener! I used a nostromo game controller (bound to winamp) to control the music. Using Earthmate GPS is pretty sweet too.
You're proving my point and you don't even know it.
"So what ? english is mandatory in france now ? we don't have the right to have a world translated in our langage ?"
Doesn't it seem funny that the term e-mail was used for so long (let's say ~10 years) and then all of a sudden they want to translate it?
"Yep, the gas formula was french made, and sold for use against Iran. The planes and tanks and pilots training from the US were just a nicety to bring the gas there."
You missed the point, again. I'm saying the the Iraqi regime need to be removed. I don't care who made the gas or who made the tanks, planes, or pilots.
"One "Lafayette" helped create yours. Along with some men from France....Or maybe history has changed since I last looked."
The French aided us in the revolutionary war only because we were fighting the British.
"Feel lucky I didn't even google and that I like to keep them posts short..."
I'm sure if France was important, they'd have all sorts of short-comings on google as well.
You forget the fromage-eating part. Really, where are all you Americans who bashed the French over Iraq and boycotted French restaurants even? Still not buying any Dixie Chicks music? Read the Hall of Fame "Strike on Iraq" story and see the irrational fear-mongering that went on there and be ashamed.
Rather ironic that there was the whole mess about changing "French Fries" to "Freedom Fries", given that US citizens no longer have some of their basic freedoms anymore.
Kinda like how the French changed the term "e-mail" to "courriel" at about the same time?
How about how when the French government convicted cop killers like Mumia Abu-Jamal an honorary citizen of Paris or how about when they refused to extradite convicted murderer Ira Einhorn?
Oh oh, how about the time your government gave members of Saddam Hussein's regime passports to enter Europe? These are the same guys who gassed the Kurds.
France should be our best friends, right there with the British. But for some reason, the French people take it upon themselves to trash the U.S. any minute you get. Now don't think I'm one of those "the USA saved France" people, I know it was a collective effort from the Allies. However, please don't forget thousands of Americans died defending your country.
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The manager that was hiring told me he didn't look at anything below a 3.5 GPA. I had an IST degree, not a CS (IST != MIS) and I was offered the interview and it was great. Someone who worked under the manager actually tested me on whether or not I knew PERL by having me write a little program. I told them before they even flew me down for the interview that I only worked on it a tiny bit a long time ago. I wrote the program they wanted and later the guy told me that he didn't care if I knew perl, but he did care that I could figure out how to use perl and look things up in a timely fashion. After that I was interviewed by the manager (not the guy who tested me on perl) and he gave me a scenario work with on a marker board. Never before have I had an interview so good.
I was offered the job too, but I turned it down because I was offered another job (among others) closer to the area. Jobs like the one I accepted was through a recruiter who I knew because I was active in school (we had him come in and speak to students).
From what I've seen, you have to know where to look. The Raytheon job was right on their website. If you have the credentials, they'll take a look at you. If you slacked off in school, well, that's your fault.
At least someone has a chance to survive a drive-by.
From what I've seen, It's not even torture. More like humiliation.
It wasn't exactly torture anyway. Humiliation, yes. Torture, not from what I've seen so far.
Yes, everyone would be their own power source (or possibly more). It'd be like a collective. If the power plants go out, there'd still be power for everyone....until the sun went down. (Geothermal anyone?)
...and a little work, you could have your own version. Hack an I-Opener! I used a nostromo game controller (bound to winamp) to control the music. Using Earthmate GPS is pretty sweet too.
You're proving my point and you don't even know it.
"So what ? english is mandatory in france now ? we don't have the right to have a world translated in our langage ?"
Doesn't it seem funny that the term e-mail was used for so long (let's say ~10 years) and then all of a sudden they want to translate it?
"Yep, the gas formula was french made, and sold for use against Iran. The planes and tanks and pilots training from the US were just a nicety to bring the gas there."
You missed the point, again. I'm saying the the Iraqi regime need to be removed. I don't care who made the gas or who made the tanks, planes, or pilots.
"One "Lafayette" helped create yours. Along with some men from France....Or maybe history has changed since I last looked."
The French aided us in the revolutionary war only because we were fighting the British.
"Feel lucky I didn't even google and that I like to keep them posts short..."
I'm sure if France was important, they'd have all sorts of short-comings on google as well.
You forget the fromage-eating part. Really, where are all you Americans who bashed the French over Iraq and boycotted French restaurants even? Still not buying any Dixie Chicks music? Read the Hall of Fame "Strike on Iraq" story and see the irrational fear-mongering that went on there and be ashamed. Rather ironic that there was the whole mess about changing "French Fries" to "Freedom Fries", given that US citizens no longer have some of their basic freedoms anymore. Kinda like how the French changed the term "e-mail" to "courriel" at about the same time? How about how when the French government convicted cop killers like Mumia Abu-Jamal an honorary citizen of Paris or how about when they refused to extradite convicted murderer Ira Einhorn? Oh oh, how about the time your government gave members of Saddam Hussein's regime passports to enter Europe? These are the same guys who gassed the Kurds. France should be our best friends, right there with the British. But for some reason, the French people take it upon themselves to trash the U.S. any minute you get. Now don't think I'm one of those "the USA saved France" people, I know it was a collective effort from the Allies. However, please don't forget thousands of Americans died defending your country.