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More important skills/traits in becoming a computer programmer

Jeanne Boyarsky — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 01:21:38 +0000

One of students on the FIRST robotics team I mentor asked “what do you think is the most important skill or trait in becoming a successful computer programmer?”. I wrote a paragraph about persistence, problem solving and attention to detail … Continue reading →

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re the interview question “what did you do with your extra time during the pandemic”

Jeanne Boyarsky — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:23:18 +0000

I turned on the television and heard a sentence about expecting a question during an interview – “what did you do with your extra time during the pandemic”. I don’t know the context or if this is a common question. … Continue reading →

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Java for new Programmers

Jeanne Boyarsky — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:33:19 +0000

Today was a great session about Java in education From Oracle Alice – a block based language with Java constructs Greenfoot – also for kids learning games in Java Oracle’s Education in Java page Resources from Ken Fogel’s talk Sample … Continue reading →

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Java for new Programmers was first posted on June 9, 2020 at 8:33 pm.
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on getting old(er) in tech – live blogging from qcon

Jeanne Boyarsky — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:47:17 +0000

On Getting Old(er) in Tech – Staying Relevant Speaker: Don Denoncourt See the list of all blog posts from the conference Speaker is 57. In audience, nobody admitted to being older than that. About a dozen in their 50s. (I’m … Continue reading →

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why i usually like books over video

Jeanne Boyarsky — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:40:00 +0000

A teammate was discussing the “wonders of learning from video” yesterday. Which got me thinking. I generally like learning from books/articles best. This would be text with illustrations/diagrams, not raw text. I like reading better because: It is easier to … Continue reading →

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why i usually like books over video was first posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:40 pm.
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coursera saas-class and mitx circuits class feedback

Jeanne Boyarsky — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:57:26 +0000

After AI-Class, I blogged with some feedback. Over the past month or two, I took saas-class and MITx 6.0002x. How I found out I found about saas-class from comments at aiqus – the AI-class forum. I found out about the … Continue reading →

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stanford’s ai class final feedback

Jeanne Boyarsky — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:47:25 +0000

I just completed the “final” for Stanford’s free online course – ai-class. Ironic to post this the day after Stanford dropped their bid to come to New York. It was taught by two Stanford professors – Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun. … Continue reading →

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is two people pairing better in a training class?

Jeanne Boyarsky — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:25:23 +0000

This girl and her coworker are pairing together in this class. She said to the instructor pairing is pointless. Her partner in crime said its distracting and silly. Someone e-mailed me this story suggesting it would make a good blog. … Continue reading →

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Which Database to Start With?

Scott Selikoff — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:30:35 +0000

When people ask me how to learn to use a database or how to write SQL queries, I tell them to pick a database system and immerse themselves in it. In fact that advice goes for a lot of software … Continue reading →

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Which Database to Start With? was first posted on August 26, 2009 at 2:30 am.
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