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Job Interviews; Personality Does Matter

I recently interviewed a very intelligent, capable programmer who was near the start of his career. I decided not to make him an offer, and he sent a very nice follow-up e-mail asking for tips on how to present himself better. I figured my reply might be very useful to other applicants, so I’m posting [...]

Posted 24 April 2008 † schof § Programming ‡ Comments (2)

I’ll steal good ideas from anywhere

This is from a “Fresh Air from WHYY” Terry Gross interview with Dr. Richard Shannon, Chairman of the Dept. of Medicine of the University of PA Health System.
@ 43:48
“We learned early on that much of the focus in infection prevention was on how you place the catheter. What we learned through our observations (and borrowing [...]

Posted 20 March 2008 † schof § ‡ Comments (0)