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Friday, August 15, 2008 5:39 AM

Challenge and Success – Behind the Code with Rebecca Norlander

The latest “Behind the Code” interview at Channel 9 is with Rebecca Norlander who is an executive with Microsoft. She started as a software developer and moved up and up in the company into a very senior role. So if you are looking for another example
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:53 AM

Articles About STEM Education

Lately (and about time if you ask me) the problem of computer science enrollment in particular and STEM (science, technology, engineering and Math) in general seem to be getting more attention. Here are a couple of articles that people have brought to
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 6:28 AM

Pitching Your Idea - An Interview About Presentations

digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/archive/2008/04/29/pitching-your-idea.aspx'; Perry Lowe, a marketing professor at Bentley College and Philip DesAutels , were at the recent US Imagine Cup finals giving some presentations to the competitors.
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:16 AM

Getting A Job - The Blizzard Edition

This week Clint posted his interview with John Cash from Blizzard Entertainment over at Channel 8. The "money line" in the interview is something like "you know that math you think you'll never need? Well you're going to need it." John keeps his college
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:46 AM

Microsoft Game Studio On Who They Hire

Clint Rutkas has posted his interview with Frank Savage from Microsoft Gaming Studios over on Channel 8 . Frank talks about what it takes to get a job in the game industry. He talks about the need for students to take math and physics in the first few
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:42 AM

Computer History Links

Recently at SIGCSE there was a panel on Perspectives on History in Computing and Education with John Impagliazzo, Bill Aspray, Mary Anne Egan, and Vicki Almstrum. I wasn't able to make that session but Vicki Almstrum sent out an email with a lot of links
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:25 AM

Bill Gates Calls For More Technology Education

Bill Gates testified before Congress last week ( transcript here ). Most of the news reports focused on his calling for more H1B visas and left out some of what I think are the more important things he said. First among those is that we need to improve
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:29 AM

So You Want A Job in the Software Industry

Clint Rutkas has been doing a lot of interviewing lately. At a number of events he has been interviewing software professionals about what it takes and what people need to know to prepare for a career in the software industry. His most recent interview
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