According to this article, a system administrator at PricewaterhouseCoopers adopted OpenBSD to resolve network computing problems. PricewaterhouseCoopers is allegedly a Windows shop, but fulfilling business needs without spending more money forced the system administrator to adopt open source solutions. “My experience is that if something has to be done, just do it – don’t ask! […]
I was reading through slashdot.org, and I found a post that asks members of the slashdot community how they “reverse engineer” large software. Numerous replies did not agree with the original poster’s use of the term, “reverse engineering.” Many people held the incorrect notion that reverse engineering is an illegal or unethical practice. I have […]
Developers are sometimes asked to support older software systems that utilize obsolete technologies. This may be difficult when the development tools used to implement the older software system are not available and have been replaced by newer tools that do not seem to support the former tools’ technologies. Faced with the need to replace a […]
According to this article, Google and NASA are teaming up. Google is becoming less focused on Internet search and broadening its reach around information management. The article quotes Google’s Eric Schmidt, “Google and NASA share a common desire, to bring a universe of information to people around the world.” Google has collected a good number […]
Probably the most frequently asked interview question that I have received is one that explores the difference between C++ classes and structs. Such a question was asked by a Northrop Grumman recruiter during a career fair at UC Irvine. I was also asked this sort of question during an on-site interview at Heavy Iron Studios. […]