I am finishing a summer internship with IBM in the Cambridge, MA area, and can safely say it's been one of the best experiences of my life. I've learned more than I can explain during my time there. From what I can tell, a lot of places give their interns busy-work and annoyances that the fulltimers don't want to deal with. This is not the case at IBM. I am working on a major component of the project, and am set to finish it in the next couple days.
I work with a team distributed across the east coast, and have learned a great deal in communications, collaboration, and cooperative programming. My boss is a great guy on the fast track to exec-dom and done a great job of managing over the summer. He's helped me put together a patent proposal, and helped me network with people all over the world.
At first, I wasn't going to apply for the internship because I was still just a freshman. One thing I learned was that qualification and enthusiasm means a lot more than academic credits or age. I'm working with two rising seniors who are very talented, and would probably repeat the content of this post if asked about their internship.
The pay is amazing, but you really work for it. I don't think I've worked less than 50 hours per week since I started (12 week duration). I'm on track to do Extreme Blue next year, which is reportedly a great experience as well.
I myself am a software developer, but news like this isn't just enough to convert me to Linux or OSX (most likely the latter). I think if the common user saw something like this, it will scare them off too.
but personally, I don't want to worry about some third party reading through posts or messages not intended for them. To remedy this problem, I recommend grabbing GAIM with one of the many GAIM encryption plugins. As a bonus, paranoid folks won't have to worry about the (insert governmental agency of choice) snooping on them.
More information regarding this topic is available on the technology blog "It's Geek to Me" located at http://itsgeektome.blogspot.com/
How about designing pong on one of the original 'computers'? Something you can play pong on, and ping pong inside of!
And what about vintage overclocking?
At $249, that seems to be a bit pricey for a DivX decoder. Although I suppose the money you'd save by stealing the movies off of your favorite P2P network or torrent source would eventually overcome that.
But what about buying an S-Video cable to hook into the TV, and play it from your computer? Or even better, some cheap DVD encoding software to play it on anyone's system?
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My automatic clock updater gives me all the sidebars I need, not to mention an on-desktop weather forecast!
I am finishing a summer internship with IBM in the Cambridge, MA area, and can safely say it's been one of the best experiences of my life. I've learned more than I can explain during my time there. From what I can tell, a lot of places give their interns busy-work and annoyances that the fulltimers don't want to deal with. This is not the case at IBM. I am working on a major component of the project, and am set to finish it in the next couple days. I work with a team distributed across the east coast, and have learned a great deal in communications, collaboration, and cooperative programming. My boss is a great guy on the fast track to exec-dom and done a great job of managing over the summer. He's helped me put together a patent proposal, and helped me network with people all over the world. At first, I wasn't going to apply for the internship because I was still just a freshman. One thing I learned was that qualification and enthusiasm means a lot more than academic credits or age. I'm working with two rising seniors who are very talented, and would probably repeat the content of this post if asked about their internship. The pay is amazing, but you really work for it. I don't think I've worked less than 50 hours per week since I started (12 week duration). I'm on track to do Extreme Blue next year, which is reportedly a great experience as well.
Why not just promote from within the company? Is the food really that bad?
I myself am a software developer, but news like this isn't just enough to convert me to Linux or OSX (most likely the latter). I think if the common user saw something like this, it will scare them off too.
I thought most people saw 28 Days Later...
But personally, I'm waiting for "Digital Hiroshima"
but personally, I don't want to worry about some third party reading through posts or messages not intended for them. To remedy this problem, I recommend grabbing GAIM with one of the many GAIM encryption plugins. As a bonus, paranoid folks won't have to worry about the (insert governmental agency of choice) snooping on them.
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More information regarding this topic is available on the technology blog "It's Geek to Me" located at http://itsgeektome.blogspot.com/
For Windows users, you can grab GAIM here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gaim/gaim-1.1.
You can get a nice GAIM Encryption Plugin here:
http://gaim-encryption.sourceforge.net/
How about designing pong on one of the original 'computers'? Something you can play pong on, and ping pong inside of! And what about vintage overclocking?
At $249, that seems to be a bit pricey for a DivX decoder. Although I suppose the money you'd save by stealing the movies off of your favorite P2P network or torrent source would eventually overcome that.
But what about buying an S-Video cable to hook into the TV, and play it from your computer? Or even better, some cheap DVD encoding software to play it on anyone's system?