What’s Changed
I just want to preface this with something. I finished this entire post then accidentally copied over it in the command line. Yay! So if this one seems brief or…
If Money Were No Object
It’s common knowledge that Computer Science is a lucrative field. Or at least, that’s what I’ve gathered whenever I tell someone what my major is. Lately, I’ve begun to see…
How I Gamify My LIfe
I used to be really into games. I am competitive. I love puzzles and challenges. I like to train and watch myself get better at a particular skill. For me,…
Fearing a Designed Lifestyle
So, recently I’ve started working my first 40 hour work week job. At first, the impact of the 40hr/week lifestyle was a shock but I’ve adapted. This scares me. The…
API Master
Let’s talk about what I’ve been doing. What I’ve contributed to Punchmark and what I’ve learned. This summer I’ve gotten to work with several popular APIs including Facebook, Google+, Instagram,…
Work Style
Many of the posts I’ve written about this internship are about observations I’ve made concerning my work style. I’d say I’ve finally gathered enough observations about my work style to…
Company Culture
In 1994, two professors from Stanford business school set out to observe and define business culture. They chose to observe over two hundred of the fledgling tech startups in the…
Mobility == Productivity
A big part of my learning from this internship has come from discovering how to stay focused and productive for so long. Staying focused was one of the first struggles…
Being Found Out
Some employers think they are getting an excellent candidate only to discover that candidate’s greatest skill is self-promotion. Sometimes I feel that this is the case in my recent employment….
I Made a Mistake
So, recently I made a mistake. Several, actually. I was tasked with eliminating some cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Punchmark’s framework. A simple but tedious task. Basically just had to…