Bren:Alumni

I’ve been itching to share what I’ve been up to lately work-wise.  Since last December, I’ve been working on a proof of concept application on the new Microsoft Surface computer.  It was a very fun and cool project to work on for obvious reasons, but just getting back to coding UI’s and spending time away […]

Last weekend I participated in the Alumni panel for ICS scholar day. This is probably the third or fourth time I’ve participated in the discussion and yet always enjoyable. Contrary to many other schools, ICS has seen a 55% rise in enrollments, a testament to the school that we call our alma mater.
The […]

Given that this is an site for and by alums, I figured it be only appropriate if I posted my first blog by listing the four ways the ICS Alumni networked helped me in my professional career.
1: Summer 2000
I joined Net Toaster networks, a now defunct startup, as a application developer thanks to some great […]

Years of experience or years of irrelevance?
In both blog postings, the authors argued that employers seeking to find the perfect job candidate requiring X number of years in doing Y (plug in your favorite technology) are simply asking for the wrong thing: 
Requiring X years of experience on platform Y in your job posting is, […]

My last post got me thinking if how CS programs nationwide is marketing to potential CS undergrads.
Earlier this month, I was lucky enough to visit UW (University of Washington) to do some recruiting for my employer. When walking around their Informatics lab, I spotted this poster (see blurry picture below), where the tag line says,
“I […]

It’s true that there are many myths that surround ICS/computer science programs nationwide (and beyond). I believe the main reason is that software is still a relatively new and evolving industry/field. I want to take this chance to share some of the popular myths and debunk them since this is a great field […]

I found my topic this week thanks to Lifehack.org to write about building relationships. This is a great topic since this ties to one of the goals of this blog, which is to allow students and alums to build relationships. Ideally, the relationship we build here leads to REAL, in-person, type of relationship. Reason being […]

Right around this time of the year, college seniors are getting ready to make a big leap out of college and into the real world. This is a pretty important time for grads, as they take the inaugurating steps into their careers. I want to share The Ultimate Student Resource List from Lifehacker where they […]