CoolBeans: From College to Industry

Whiteboard coding is hard. Especially for someone like me who once had a parent teacher conference solely because of his handwriting. It’s hard, but you are going to have to do it during an interview. “Whiteboard” could be an actual dry erase whiteboard...

At least compared to real world food. For one, there’s no meal plan. That’s right, you heard it here and now: Real life has no meal plan that you have to buy into . Sorry, but I hated that part of school. Why should I be locked into a set of cafeterias...

As a future developer hurdling through college, are all those literature classes that are suppose to make you a "well rounded person" really necessary? Yes. You won't be tested on Greek theater at work, nor will you have to recite rambling rhetoric...

My apartment is a mess. After a party on Saturday there are glasses, pizza boxes, dirty dishes, empty bottles and bottle caps scattered in every corner of my place. Some might ask: “Why don’t you just clean it?” Well, I’m a procrastinator. As long as...

Assignments in college come with specific parameters for good grades. If the project assigned doesn't have some kind of guidance onto how it will be graded, it's impossible to know when you're finished. But what if your boss came to you and said we...

Let's have a little contest. The rules are: You must still be in school with a year or less of industry experience. You must email me your answer. You may use any programming language you like. You may use any tools you like to help you...

So here is my answer to Monday’s contest: unsigned __int32 factorial( unsigned __int32 n ) { static const unsigned __int32 values[] = {1,1,2,6,24,120,720,5040,40320, 362880,3628800,39916800,479001600}; if ( n >= sizeof ( values ) / sizeof...

I’m 23. I’m not “old” by any standard that I know of. People of all age ranges will always tell you they’re not old, the guy 10 years older is old. I once opened a networking event by saying all the students need to find an “old” person (professor) to...

Ah, a much cooler skin for a very cool blog. Speaking of being cool, have you added CoolBeans to your RSS reader so you don't miss out on any cool happenings? I have found RSS feeds to be key to my productivity. Well, more like key to preventing...