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College Work Vs Real World Work
Published on: 2/27/2014 - 5 min read
College Work Vs Real World Work
The real world can be really really different than that which we are told in college. At least for me it was, anyway. The degree I received...
It's Not How Much You Know, It's What You Can Do With It
"Do you like apples? Well I got her numbah, how you like them apples B)" I love that moment when Matt Damon totally owns that guy who's pro...
The Pros And Cons Of Working With Recruiters
Published on: 2/20/2014 - 5 min read
The Pros And Cons Of Working With Recruiters
Recruiters have a tight hold on tech jobs these days, for a few reasons. But mainly that tech jobs are hard to fill and they pay substant...
How To Work With Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) In C#
Working with Dates in any programming language is normally a pretty straightforward task. You save a date in the database and get on your m...
Interview Questions I Enjoy Asking Programmers
Published on: 2/12/2014 - 5 min read
Interview Questions I Enjoy Asking Programmers
At my latest job I had the opportunity to interview a fair number of people. It's definitely a challenge and it takes some preparation. Some...
Published on: 2/8/2014 - 4 min read
"A Dark Room" Text Game Review
"A Dark Room" is text only game made by doublespeak games written in Javascript. It's a single player adventure/RPG type of game reminisc...
How To Calculate
Published on: 2/7/2014 - 3 min read
How To Calculate "Time Ago" In C#
You see this time format all over the internet nowadays. Posted 3 hours ago. You can see in any of a number of situations. For example, how...
Funemployment Day 4
Published on: 2/6/2014 - 2 min read
Funemployment Day 4
I skipped day 3 because I assure you, aside from the cheap pizza I ate, nothing else happened. I worked on my forum software for a good par...
Funemployment Day 2
Published on: 2/4/2014 - 2 min read
Funemployment Day 2
I woke up late @_@ . So I chugged 2 cups of coffee to get the day rolling and my mind reeling. Checked my emails, tidied up a bit, charged ...
Funemployment Day 1
Published on: 2/3/2014 - 2 min read
Funemployment Day 1
Today is my first official day of being unemployment in the past 4 years, and so far, so good. For the first time in a while, I looked forwa...
Multiple AJAX FileUpload in ASP.NET
Published on: 1/31/2014 - 7 min read
Multiple AJAX FileUpload in ASP.NET
Updated: Click here for an updated Drag and Drop File upload how to. Here's a quick AJAX FileUpload written for ASP.NET WebForms that I us...
Another Day Another Interview
Published on: 1/30/2014 - 4 min read
Another Day Another Interview
I'm getting back into the interviewing business, as I just recently left my job to pursue greater things and to work on my own projects. Wh...
How I Landed My First Programming Job
Published on: 1/23/2014 - 5 min read
How I Landed My First Programming Job
One of the hardest things that I've had to do in life was to convince a company, a money making institution, that they needed my awesome sk...
10 Programming Interview Questions To Remember
Published on: 1/23/2014 - 4 min read
10 Programming Interview Questions To Remember
I have had a fair number of interviews in my career. Not because I suck. No no don't get me wrong. After college I needed a job immediately...
Site Optimization With PageSpeed Part 1
Published on: 1/19/2014 - 3 min read
Site Optimization With PageSpeed Part 1
I previously posted the results that PageSpeed gave me in regards to the performance of one of my sites. The results were probably on par w...
Top Reasons To Say Goodbye To Your Job
Published on: 1/18/2014 - 6 min read
Top Reasons To Say Goodbye To Your Job
So you've contemplated it for weeks which turned to months, which maybe turned into years and now you're ready to make your big move. Quitt...
Why I Coded This Blog Myself
Published on: 1/16/2014 - 2 min read
Why I Coded This Blog Myself
As a software/web developer person guy, I usually don't have too many exciting tasks at work. - Run this report - Analyze this query - 2 c...
I Just Discovered Google PageSpeed And This Is What I Learned
Site optimization is usually not too important until you have a good flow of traffic coming your way. However, your sites page speed might ...
Welcome To My Tech Blog
Published on: 1/15/2014 - 2 min read
Welcome To My Tech Blog
I have been writing software for over a decade now, and it has led me to this blog. I have spent years going to lunch with co-workers spend...