CoolBeans: From College to Industry

I hope everyone is having a great holiday. This seems a good a time as any to talk about vacation because vacation is one of the great luxuries you get as a full time salary employee. Vacation is awesome for two reasons: 1. You get paid to do nothing...

I came across this excellent article on what distinguishes an "average performer" from a "star performer". It is definitely worth a read if you're preparing to enter the work force or if you already have and are looking for what it takes to break into...

You've either experienced this first hand or heard about someone that has. You have a group project due next week and things are going great. By the assignment due date you have everything but a few small bugs worked out. You're looking at a 95%. But...

When I was in college, and in fact through out most of school, there was a heavy emphasis on GPA. You study hard and go to class so you can get good grades. Good grades are reflected in GPA and if you have a good GPA you'll get a better job. The reality...

If you already have a wheel, you probably won't try to invent it again. But if you don't have a wheel then you'll see a need for it and try to create one. The thing is, the wheel already exists and you just don't know it yet. In programming, a good...

We've all been there. Whether it's in C++, C#, Java, ASM, which ever it is the temptation exists. Doing as many things as possible in one line of code instead of dutifully expanding it to it's required three or four lines. A C++ example: *( pData ...

Hi, I'm Chris and welcome to this corner of the Internet! Here it is my hope to leverage my massive 2 years of industry experience in enlightening those currently trudging through their undergraduate Computer Science, Software Engineering or related area...