I took this photo with my cell phone yesterday while walking across campus.

[tags]photos, college, buddhism[/tags]

DevFYI has lots of typical job interview questions (and appropriate answers) organized by programming language/framework.

I have to take their word for it that these are the kinds of technical questions that would be asked of a would-be software developer. Can anyone confirm?

[tags]programming, software development, job interview[/tags]

Google is starting a new coding competition for students.

If you’re a student with an email address ending in .edu, the Google Gadget Awards is your chance to win a Google programming competition – even if you’re not a programming ninja. If you’ve ever taken a web design class, you can probably create a gadget in a few minutes – no need to download anything or even own hosting space. Once you’ve submitted your gadget, people can add it to their Google homepage with a few mouse clicks.

Creating a Google Gadget seems easy enough, but creating an award winning gadget would be a bit more difficult. Of course, you will get some notoriety if you win.

We’ll let everyone know who the top student gadget innovators are by promoting the Gadget Award Winners page on every Google personalized homepage. We’ll also send each winner a trophy to show off to friends and tough professors. (Not to mention the fact that you’ll get to list this accomplishment on your resume and grad school applications forevermore.)

For more info see the Google Gadget Awards page.

[tags]Google, Google Gadget Awards, programming[/tags]

Indeed.com is a “search engine for jobs”. Its interface resembles the simple Google homepage. Via Lifehacker I discovered that you can find out the average salary for listings that match your search criteria. In addition you can compare average salaries between different cities or states. You can even compare average salaries amongst job listings with slight variations in the job title.

Below are a few quick searches I performed using “Software Developer” and various cities. With graduation in sight this Spring (B.S. in Computer Science) the reality of the need to be looking for a new job has become all too real.

1. Software Developer San Diego, CA

2. Software Developer San Diego vs. San Francisco

3. Software Developer San Diego vs. Los Angeles

[tags]Indeed.com, search, job search, salaries, software development, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles[/tags]

One of my good friends lead worship this morning at church. At the end of the service he announced that we would be singing hymn number “Two eighty sex”. The Freudian-slip as he called it was immediately followed by “I mean two eighty six!”. It was quite funny but of course no one really laughed since you can’t do that in church, right? Well, even the worship leader had to try hard not to laugh.

Did I mention that he’s a newlywed?

[tags]funny, church, worship[/tags]