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Ask HN: Self taught hacker graduating in December.How do I find employment?

Posted by cubo on Monday June 23, 2014 @04:40PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have been so focused on learning on my own, that I did not focus on potential employers for when I graduate this December. How do I go about finding a company with more agile and modern management style, that is looking for someone with more applied experience even though I am fresh out of college.I don't want to sound conceded or narcissistic but I feel that most of the businesses at...

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Re:Pokémon Crystal disassembled source code on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @01:39AM (#7771366)
That seems pretty small by today's mega sized binaries. But for an assembly program that seems very big. It is impressive that a large part of my childhood was written in assembly
Re:Christ, I hate Blackboard on Saturday January 25, 2014 @06:57PM (#7123097)
It is the official software of many universities. Because of this, there is a large amount of hostility by the administration to use anything else. Schools administrators keep using it because "it is the standard". Blackboard is a well known company so it makes schools feel more at ease. There is a great disconnect between the needs of students and teachers and the sales pitch

Ask HN: Why does my University block Dogecoin.com?

Posted by cubo on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @01:17AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I go to a pretty well known University in Texas that uses Websense web filtering. Dogecoin.com is blocked under the category of "malware". Does anybody know why this is?I saw a story here on the homepage and was trying to learn a little more on dogecoin, and was surprised at the site being marked as "malware".Thank y'all!!

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Re:Backdoor found in Linksys, Netgear Routers on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @11:28PM (#6998203)
I am also curious if anybody knows?

*update I Didn't see yalls response until I refreshed the page

Ask HN: Is UML modeling before developing software relevant any more?

Posted by cubo on Monday December 02, 2013 @01:44PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am web developer outside of school, and an MIS major in college. One of the main focuses on my major is software analysis and design, were they teach non programmers how to draw UML diagrams to create software.This methodology seems slow and bulky. Any developers out there able to give some more insight into how widespread diagramming before coding is?

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