Believe It or Not: "Tip of The Door of a Saucer..."August 18th, 2005 "Well I am at the tip of the door of a saucer that’s taking me round giving me a chance to take a plunge in to the turbulent sky around. I am sure that plunge will land me at the doorsteps of your company, where I would like to make a mark in that stellar of software professionals who took a jump thinking the way I did." - A Job Applicant
This ought to be included in Ripley's Believe it or not show.
6 Tips For Executive ResumesMay 4th, 2007 Bob Rosner from ABCNews shares few good tips from Rachelle Canter's book, "Make the Right Career Move", for executive resumes. How many of them do you follow? The key points he makes are:
Resumes are necessary even for executives
Resumes will help your internal advocates sell you to their colleagues.
What Not To Write In Your Resume IntroductionJuly 27th, 2006 To: Over 500 email addresses starting with support@
Respected Sir,
With due respect after tensed from a valuable discussions with you I'm
tender myself as a suitable competitor as per our requirements and need. Here my proposal is to join your esteemed organization in a full time
permanent responsible space with handsome salary and project commission
where I can value these workload follows in both Marketing and Software
Division.
Job Search Site Monster Hacked; 1.6 Million User Records StolenAugust 23rd, 2007 A Trojan horse, with a descriptive name Infostealer.Monstres, was used to steal more than 1.6 million records from several hundred thousand people who posted resumes on Monster.com, Symantec has reported. The personal details of hundreds of thousands of candidates, such as name, surname, email address, country, home address, work/mobile/home phone numbers and resume ID etc.
How to Solve: Dual Boot Partition Not Showing in Windows 7 January 19th, 2009 Are you a Vista user who also wants to run the Windows 7 OS? Let me tell you, installing Windows 7 on another drive on your system would crop up a mess. I did the same with my dual boot laptop and to my utter dismay, the partition of the other operating system (Vista in my case) was not showing.
How to Write Java WebStart Application in 5 minutesFebruary 26th, 2009 They say, the best way of learning is to do-it-yourself. When I was assigned to write an article on Java Webstart, I thought to truly understand what's happening with Java Web Start, let's create a program and try to deploy it through any web server.
Algorithm For Hiring At TaraganaOctober 12th, 2006 It is hiring time again! Srini has devised an algorithm for hiring at Taragana which I think very appropriately describes our hiring funnel:
if (isClueless()) {
goToIBM();
} else if (runOfTheMill()) {
goToWipro();
} else if (thinkUMLIsDesign() && bigAmbitionToBeADesigner() &&
chooseVariableNamesLikeTheLengthOfThisOne()) {
goToAccenture();
} else if ( appreciateDesign() && (knowJava() || knowPHP()) && isTrueDeveloper()) {
welcome();
}
If that looks like you and you are located in India (or willing to relocate) please send your resume to hiring[at]taragana[dot]com.
Note: No animals or companies were harmed in the making of this algorithm.
Google R&D Contacted Me For Leadership PositionMay 16th, 2007 I got a ping from Google India's R&D department. They are looking for leadership role and were apparently quite impressed with my online resume; which hasn't been updated for about 5 years or more.
Understanding Java: Simplified Hello World for Socket ProgrammingApril 15th, 2006 In my experience much of the complexities a newcomer faces in the Java world is understanding extraneous stuff like handling exceptions or formatting data etc. Today I was requested for the nth time (n -> infinity) how to write a simple socket client and server (actually debug one).
How To Write Infinite Loop in BashNovember 18th, 2007 This is how you create an infinite loop in bash to run a piece of code perpetually at pre-defined intervals.
#!/bin/bash
while [ 1 ]
do
# Your code goes here
# Modify sleep time (in seconds) as needed below
sleep 2
done
For example I used this code to write a bash script to monitor long running mysql queries.
Tips on Java Enhanced For LoopNovember 14th, 2005 After enhanced for loop was introduced with J2SE 1.5.x aka J5SE, I made it a delightful habit to use it. You know what I am talking about, right?
For example previously I used to write:
private gbWay() {
....
How to Find Out Time of Last Reboot and Time Since Last Reboot from a WinServerFebruary 10th, 2009 problems may be very silly as they come but it gets increasingly difficult to handle them if you don't know the easy way out. Just the other day my friend was scratching his head out to know the last time when his Winserver was last booted.
Program (Source Code) to Trim Whitespaces from Files...April 20th, 2008 PHP is not only a very competent web development language (and part of LAMP stack). It is also a very capable language for writing (command line) scripts.
How to make millions of dollars by bloggingApril 4th, 2009 It is simple, really. The technique described here is so simple that you won't be able to believe your ears.
How to Use TinyURL to Store Huge Data Online AnonymouslyOctober 25th, 2005 Java Software - TinyDisk provides a way to store large amount of data anonymously (write once - read multiple times - delete admin only) on the internet. It overlays a write-once-read-many anonymous, persistent and globally shared filesystem.
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November 5th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
In my experience much of the complexities a newcomer faces in the Java world is understanding extraneous stuff like handling exceptions or formatting data etc. Today I was requested for the nth time (n -> infinity) how to write a simple socket client and server (actually debug one).
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shane