I spent several months trying to locate a job in Seattle, but the economic situation displaced a lot of software developers who are now vying for the same positions as college graduates. I had many interviews and leads in Seattle, but in the end it proved too competitive to break into. Now that the ink [...]
I knew that when I started the job search, I would ultimately end up doing a lot of algorithm development in my interviews, so I made an investment in a good dry-erase whiteboard to practice on. I explained to Susanna that, as a programmer, a whiteboard is just as important as the computer or code [...]
It’s been a fair amount of time since I last posted warning of the dry spell in my blogging, but I think things have stabilized to a point where I can offer some words.
Of course, the primary reason for my busyness as of late is the 4 classes I’m taking this quarter, CSCD350 Software Engineering, [...]
There is likely going to be a several month pause in my blog postings, because I’m caught in a tidal wave of work + 4 class projects (2 of which I have to manage).
See you in March.
I come from a fairly strong background in C# using Microsoft Visual Studio, and thus have enjoyed its wonderful intellisense features, so I had quite a shock when I tried to use it for C++ development. It turns out that Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 does not support semantic/syntax error detection or code refactoring for C++. [...]
Today I finished aggregating the data from the Python memory simulator logs into CSV files, and plotted the data. The graph can be viewed here. As you can see, there is a worst-case, normal-case, and best-case set of data, each corresponding to a page-removal algorithm. I think for a first program in Python, while it’s [...]
I’ve accomplished a fair number of items this week, and so I bring them here to you.
Our team for CSCD340 (Operating Systems) has finished our memory paging simulator (written in Python), and we are now in the process of running 6 tests on it. The tests include simulating the following:
Consecutive data, worst efficiency algorithm
Consecutive data, [...]
It’s been a little while since I last wrote a post of substance; that is to say one that was more than just brief tidbits or musings. I’ll bring all 2 of you that read this blog up to speed.
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately, which has a lot to do with this [...]
I finished up finals this past week, and I’m staged to take 1 course this summer on Ruby on Rails. Summer is here, though it’s certainly not shown in the weather. There are many things to look forward to, including fireworks displays on the 4th, a NIN concert, an airshow, a vacation, and my birthday. [...]