It's official. I gave notice today at Openwave, and will be starting at Google on 3/31.

I just learned that one of my coworkers was once in a band (Annwn) that toured with one of Emma Bull's bands (Flash Girls).

Funky.

My friend Dan is an instructor this semester for a sophomore-level software engineering course, expected to be the students' first encounter with sizeable programming projects. One of the lectures, according to the syllabus, is explicitly supposed to be a sort of exposé of the realities of a career in the field. He solicited contributions from ( Read more... )