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Argentevenin

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Argentevenin··on Is Ken Thompson's compiler hack still a threat?
yes - look up Reflections on Trusting Trust - its a classic paper.
Argentevenin··on Computer Science Graduates are the Least Employable in the UK
At the moment me and two fourth years are basically writing all the code for a single seater formula style electric race car. This means Motor controller, battery controller, HUD, sensors, telemetry and getting it all to communicate. (on the way having to learn a lot about control, signal processing and learning a new platform) Its by far the most complex system I've ever worked on and coming together really well - the guys I'm working with really know there shit.
Argentevenin··on Computer Science Graduates are the Least Employable in the UK
I got BBC(Maths,Physics,Chem), My attitude to A-levels wasn't exactly great...Its not that bad tbh - Work hard at uni and you'll easily leave people that did much better then you at A-level behind in the dirt :) Also AAB gives you 340 ucas points which would be fine for every job I've seen.
Argentevenin··on Computer Science Graduates are the Least Employable in the UK
ECs are Formula Student (Mostly embedded systems stuff, also did a lot of sponsorship getting organisation type stuff last year), Cyber Security Challenge UK (Got invited to a conference, have been told to keep the dates of two more face to faces clear...) and general member for one of the uni's bigger societies.
Argentevenin··on Computer Science Graduates are the Least Employable in the UK
Arm, Qualcomm, various defence companies, Siemens(rejected A-level grades), IBM(rejected A-level grades), Microsoft(rejected A-level grades), HP, broadcom, BAE, Detica, Google for low level jobs.
Argentevenin··on Computer Science Graduates are the Least Employable in the UK
A lot of finance companies have rejected me for placements for low A level grades despite high firsts in all my CS modules, solid extra curricular's etc...
Argentevenin··on Computer Science Graduates are the Least Employable in the UK
I want to work in low level dev and I'm struggling to find anything...