There are hundreds and hundreds of programming languages. Do we really need all these programming languages? Let’s take a look at some of the most popular programming languages of 2015 and the applications built by them. 1. Java Image: Wikimedia Commons What it is: Java is designed to “write once, run everywhere” (WORE). This literally […]
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As technology continues to advance, the use of “big data” has become increasingly popular. Big data comes from anything – from posts made on social media sites to the number of clicks on a link. With all this big data, the need for data scientists has grown significantly. A data scientist’s background typically consists of
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Recruiters are always talking about other people’s careers, namely the careers of their candidates and prospects. There seems to have a lot less discussion about the careers for the recruiters themselves. This is no exception for technical recruiters. In today’s blog, we’ll take a good look at the career levels of technical recruiters at Redfin.
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Here at Geekology, we like to make the technical world less cryptic. We do so by breaking down technical words in laymen terms. One of which, is the distinction between a software engineer and systems engineer. People are often unclear about the differences, especially when talking about software-intensive systems. Within these systems, there is a
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Confused about Denial-of-Service and Distributed-Denial-of-Service attacks? Here’s a quick video explaining how both works. Thank you to Professor Keskin of the University of Washington for sitting down and talking with us.
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What Does Building a Software Engineering Team and Building a Football Team Have in Common? Super Bowl excitement is in the air. To get into the Super Bowl spirit, let’s play a game – Football Recruiting for a Day. Pretend we’re recruiters for a NFL football team. What are some things we should first think about
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Our third Geek language quiz will focus on how well you know your Software Development Life Cycle models! 1. Which of the following SDLC models incorporate daily stand-up meetings and sprint backlogs? (1 point) A). Waterfall B). Kanban C). Scrum D). Extreme Programming E). Evolutionary Prototyping 2. What SDLC model uses task cards and
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A presentation at Sourcing 7 Fall Shareback on November 20, 2014 at Amazon in Seattle. This is a case study to compare the results of LinkedIn native search and Google x-ray search. We use a Web Developer position in Chicago as an example. The keywords in the Boolean string include Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, TDD (test
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Our second Geek language quiz will focus on “animals” in the tech world. There are many technologies with “animal” names. Ready to test your “animal” technology knowledge? Which open source operating system with this penguin logo? (1 point) A). Polaar B). Linux C). CentOS D). Penguin E). BSD Which popular big-data technology is named
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The amount of data that is being collected, managed and analyzed has exploded. Eric Schmidt of Google famously stated in 2010, “There were 5 Exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every 2 days.” His statement caught plenty of attention. People were amazed at
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