Quam ut adepto a tech amet

Field-tested job-hunting tips for computer science students.

Also check out my post on getting started with computer science for college students.

Google headquarters

I probably don’t need to convince you that working at tech companies is really attractive. You can work with startups on meteoric rises and world-famous tech giants, all while surrounded by ping-pong tables and unlimited snacks. You can build apps that your friends use and products that make the world a better place.

There’s just one problem: how do you get a tech internship in the first place?

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CS50: QUID POSTEA?

Note: this post is aimed mostly at Harvard students.

CS50 logo

So you took Harvard’s introductory computer science class, CS50. (Maybe you were a regular at my section or met me at office hours.) You learned a lot, you enjoyed it, and you want to continue exploring computer science. Maybe you want to concentrate in CS, get a minor, get an internship at a tech company, or better understand how computers are going to take over the world.

But CS is a huge field, and with just one course under your belt, it’s difficult to really break into it.

So what next?

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My Academiae Internship, Aestate '15

Aestate ea qua haec, Reliqui amica confines Cantabrigiae et proficiscerentur de occidente percuteret eam dives intern quasi software at engineer Academiae. Et quod suus 'non admodum facere iustitiam: erat totaliter transformative experientia.

Salman Khan of Khan Academy
Cum terribilis Sal Khan, conditor Academiae

Terribilis inceptis

Ut sic crescerem ton software fectum negotio tali magistro meo inceptis ut frigus:
– Creando SEO'd adpulsu pages ad nostram videos
– Aedificium edificium a pluma mittere users notificatio quoties eorum quaestiones emails nobis videos adepto respondit, operatur intime conjungam excogitatoris
– Vestigia bugs in eaque defixus ad nostrum novum video ludio ludius

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Auditum, sicut, et invenietis: exstructo curated et aperta ecosystem

Most ecosystems ut app thesauris, vel apertius vel curated. Sed cur non habentes? Euge, possumus, — omnes vos postulo est tria verbs: auditum facite, inveniet, et sicut. Quod enim et dolor et quidquid aliud.

Usitas sunt duo bene vis app auditum: auditum simile iOS App Store (in qua populus mos reperio vestri app, sed Apple reviewers potest negare adpetere) et posuit in vestri website (ubi facilis est auditum, Nulla quis nisi cautione viderunt.) Set maximum of options.

Estne miscere vires quodammodo utraque utrique editores et facies optime usus consumerent? Non puto. Suus 'dicitur, et aperta ecosystem curated. Lets 'take a inviso:

  • Quid est apertus et curated ecosystems sunt
  • Et apertum Examples of curated ecosystems
  • Quid tibi necesse aperta ecosystem et curated
  • Exempla haec ecosystems trans iustus Technology

si forte possimus invenire aliquid et de potestate bing, innovatio, et tria verbs auditum facite, inveniet, et sicut.

curated nobis. aperi ecosystems

A app iOS et Internet aperta, inter alios, sunt app ecosystems — ubi invenitur et publici iuris fieri possunt Apps. Et, puto, magnus res sunt ab invicem distinguuntur unum ecosystem an ecosystem est apertus, ubi quis auditum Apps et num ita sit, curated, Optimus Apps in quo resurgent, et in capite ad certum quale users sunt Apps. Quod discrimen maiore copia et lorem at magna iOS, quod superius.

Intueamur exemplum curated ecosystems et aperta sunt et quae propria eorum.

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5 pretiosum efficientiam liberum apps pro collegii

Ante annos scripsi utilis ob laesam schola apps — nunc autem hic collegium, et inde est totum postulatis. Quoniam Ego ad Harvard, Ive 'had efficio magis, et etiam magis necesse apps.

Haec nova apps opus currere rostra omnia (Fenestra, Mac, MAS, iOS), sync unam compagem inter eos, et adiuva me, mandata mea servate data verat. They have ut, versatile, robust, et facilis ad usum,. Et non habent esse, liberum.

With that in mind, here are the five apps that I’ve relied on most at Harvard and that I recommend to anyone in college or anywhere else in life. They’re ranked in order of usefulness.

Evernote, Wunderlist, Mailbox, Sunrise, Pocket
5 liberum, essential apps for college: Evernote, Wunderlist, Mailbox, Sunrise, and Pocket.
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Self-expression on the internet: a hybrid approach?

The internet should help you express yourself easily and ensure you have control over the content and quality of your writings. But is that possible?

The internet has always been called the great platform for self-expression. The claim goes that you no longer need to be talented and lucky enough to get your work into a book or newspaper or magazine; anyone can publish anything to the internet, and if it’s good enough, it can get found.

It’s definitely true that the cost of self-expression has gone down with the internet, so people are much more likely and able to use it to publish their ideas. (The idea of economic cost, or amount of effort it takes to do something, is a very powerful one, per viam,. When it gets easier to do something, that thing explodes in popularity. It’s pretty self-evident, but it’s a powerful way of looking at things like the rise of self-expression with the internet.)

Sunt two main ways of publishing content online:

  • Publishing independently (making your own platform)
  • Using someone else’s platform (hosted publishing)

Both of these fall short of the goal of allowing for easy self-publishing. Puto, Quamvis, quod there’s room for a hybrid that would bring the best of both.

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On “social” media, weak ties, and Snapchat stories

How social media is designed to help you build relationships with acquaintances, and why Snapchat (Etiam, that Snapchat) is the most effective social media platform

It was late enough that I’d stopped thinking for the night, so I proudly proclaimed to my nearby friends that I was getting a Snapchat account. It had always struck me as a bit vapid and narcissistic – you’re swapping carefully-chosen selfies with others to try and win favor – but I figured I’d give it a go.

But I quickly learned that Snapchat, like any other social media platform, gives rise to a number of use cases that the creators probably never intended. (Puta, Twitter probably never foresaw that it would contribute to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.) What I saw was this: Snapchat and other social media platforms are surprisingly effective ways to grow and maintain your network of weak ties (acquaintances) by reducing the costs of communication and increasing the number of “hooks,” or chances to strike up conversation, you have. All social media can do this, but Snapchat, by its very nature, is the king of this.

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