jamesbrewer

It seems that the screen resolution is just as important (if not more important) than the monitor size. Is this a fair statement?

I have no experience in this area, so you can pretty much ignore any advice that follows.

I think I would be very honest about this question. I would tell the interviewer that my current job bores me and I don't feel intellectually challenge, which is important to me. If the interviewer doesn't understand why this is a problem then this company might not be one I want to work for anyways.

Someone sends me a link to Quora every once in a while and so far it's proven to be a great resource. Thanks!

While we're at it, let me throw in my bid for YC Canada. :]

Add your email to your profile and I'll make sure to shoot you a message.

Unfortunately topics like this never get much attention. The only thing I can recommend is to find a topic that interests you and then just go find something that sounds neat. It doesn't have to be the next Google and it doesn't even have to make money, just do something.

For example, I've recently become fascinated with data mining. To explore this area and get a basic idea of how it works, I'm playing with the Twitter API and trying to look for neat things that can be done with the data available. One idea I've come up with is an app that recommends people to follow based on the hashtags that you use frequently. It's still a "half baked" idea for now, but maybe something good will come from it.

Good luck.

I'll share something with you that I've only recently come to understand: Unless you're really interested in both subjects then double majors aren't worth the time and sweat you put into them. The fact is that the double major MIGHT give you a slight advantage when it comes to getting an interview, but after you have a year or two of experience under your belt your double major won't matter much at all. Software companies want people who can get things done, not people who can take more technical courses than any human should.

I was considering a double major in Applied Math and Computer Science but I've recently decided to go a similar, but different route. Instead of taking all of the Applied Math courses that I don't foresee myself using, like Partial Differential Equations and Numerical Methods for Differential Equations, I will be picking up a few math courses that I actually WANT to take, like Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.

Take courses you want to take. Take courses that will help you in the long run. If you don't get a double major, then so what? Just go build something awesome and you'll get a job no problem.

Upvoted for making me laugh. :P

Contrary to popular belief, Americans aren't actually stupid. We just have a bunch of idiots running our country. Even Obama admitted that the American people should not have to pay for the mistakes of the people on Capitol Hill.

Personally, I think S&P's decision to drop America's AAA credit rating down to AA+ was the right decision. Someone needed to call us out on our bullshit. S&P said months ago that, to keep our AAA credit rating, we needed to raise the debt ceiling a develop a “creditable” plan to tackle the nation's long-term debt.

We managed to strike a deal that allowed us to raise the debt ceiling, but that's all we did. We have yet to come up with a way to fix our debt problems. The important thing is that S&P didn't say “Well they tried, so they can keep their credit rating.” Instead, they are holding America accountable for it's actions, which is what should have been done ages ago. Whats the point of having a “debt ceiling” if we're going to continue to raise it? We raised the debt ceiling 7 times while George W. Bush was president – that's 7 times in 8 years.

America could be the greatest country on Earth (I think it already is, but thats just my patriotism talking) if we stopped wasting money and came up with an effective plan to start tackling our problems one by one. We have a lot of work to do and hopefully losing our AAA credit rating will get the ball rolling.

I have a friend who likes to go out walking for (as far as I could tell) no particular reason. He doesn't walk 7 miles, but he frequently does 2-3 mile walks. Personally I've never been one to just want to go out and walk. I've considered buying a new road bike recently, but the combination of the hills and the weather where I live will likely prevent that idea from moving ahead.

I'll make sure to check out the essay you mentioned later on today.

The guy I talked to didn't elaborate on what he means by 'cool', so I imagine he just meant that I should do something that I think is cool. I think data is awesome!

I never stay in the bathroom long enough to have good ideas. My shower time is approx. 5 minutes.

I feel like getting into the Python project and making some contributions would not only look good, but would make me a better developer as well. The only problem is that I've tried and I was so overwhelmed. I had no idea where to start and I tried fixing a bug and had no clue what I was doing.

Any tips are most welcome. :)

Lol.

I decided to sign up for the course (I don't think I can officially sign up until later this Summer) but I'm not sure that I'll have the time or that I can afford the text. I'm also a Sophomore CS student, so the work would be very challenging for me.