Engineer Interviews

CS/CIS students and anyone wanting a career in software, take note: Bnoopy: Engineer Interview Triage? describes some interview questions you should be prepared for:

--do you have a blog?
--what's your home page?
--do you contribute to an open source project?

If you can answer these, it that you didn't just fall off the turnip truck, and maybe an employer will be more likely to take you seriously.

conference presentation

So here I am at the GLS conference in Madison, WI.

If anyone needs my presentation links, they are here:

--Metaverse
--My presentation PDF | HTML

Games, Learning & Society

Next up in my summer extravaganza of research: Games, Learning and Society conference in Madison, WI June 23-24.

Here's my speaker blurb complete with my avatar from SL. And, yes, my hair actually rezzed in so that's a plus.

I've been updating the Metaverse a lot lately. Check back to see what's new in the world of teaching & Second Life.

Mr. Sun's advice for new grads

Here are a few words of VERY TONGUE-IN-CHEEK** advice from Mr. Sun for new graduates:

• Make a list of the things you want to do before you die. Be as open to your heart as you possibly can. Now, throw that ridiculous piece of trash away and get your tail to work. The ball is over, Cinderella.
  
• Contrary to what you may have heard about business, you should not think outside the box. You should get your green-as-grass self back in the box and don't come out unless it's to bring me some hot coffee and do my work so I can take credit for it. Welcome to the working world, Rookie.
  
• There will come a time during your first year of independence when you will be outraged that your bank is charging you for bouncing a check. You will think you are the first person to recognize the irony in the situation. You aren't. Get your financial stuff together or you are going to be homeless soon.
  
• During job interviews, take a moment to reflect on the question before answering. You may want to bring a notebook computer and liveblog about it before responding.
  

**UPDATED to add the disclaimer that these are jokes, and are not to be taken seriously. I figure I better put this disclaimer out there before someone takes these literally and tries to actually liveblog an interview question. Actually, that would be pretty hilarious, so everyone go do this at your next interview, and make sure you let me know about it afterwards.