Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@hackerposse.com wrote: ... candidates for engineering jobs will show up with _no portfolio_ (especially when we're talking about software jobs: Most of what I've done is work-for-hire, not owned by me, and under 37 levels of NDA. ... people on the other side of the interview-process often have no idea what to do when a candidate does have a portfolio of work available for review. Because they're used to the above. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
Amen! On 08/10/2015 01:00 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: On 2015-07-31 18:04, Bill Freeman wrote: ... While I'm often amazed that candidates for engineering jobs will show up with _no portfolio_ (especially when we're talking about software jobs: mechanical engineers, for example, may have a legitimate case that it's hard to get personal access to the tools they'd need to build a personal portfolio; but the tools required to develop software?); I'm even more amazed that people on the other side of the interview-process often have no idea what to do when a candidate does have a portfolio of work available for review. Before that, unless you're in a field where you can publish while doing graduate work (it's own form of internship), you have to take low paying, crummy jobs. In some fields they're called interships. It's the non-paying ones that are real scams. That was one of the things that soured me on college: not only was the experience non-paying, they were actually _charging me_; and the `experience' part of the experience wasn't all that great, either. And I had to buy my own books. And I had to buy my own equipment. And the amount of _time_ that it seemed to require if I actually wanted to be good at `being a student' was crazy. ... (I retrospect, the last time I was talking to a recruiter who said I'd have to move to CA even if I was going to end up in the company's Boston office, I guess I should tried proposing: how about I just stay in NH, I do CA software work on the CA schedule, and you get to pay me like I work in MA?). And just to show you how ego-centric the field was/is, most recruiters will actually ding you for taking that attitude! --Bruce ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@hackerposse.com wrote: ... While I'm often amazed that candidates for engineering jobs will show up with _no portfolio_ (especially when we're talking about software jobs: mechanical engineers, for example, may have a legitimate case that it's hard to get personal access to the tools they'd need to build a personal portfolio; but the tools required to develop software?); I'm even more amazed that people on the other side of the interview-process often have no idea what to do when a candidate does have a portfolio of work available for review. I can see that criticism for someone trying to break into an area. But I come from a time when your employer owned your technical output. Not just work on the project during work hours, but work done on your own time (there is no own time for a salaried employee) on anything vaguely in your field. For most of my life the code that I've written (and the hardware that I've designed has been copyright property of my employer, and not permitted to be shown outside the company. Web development was a great boon to me since I could point to some of the sites I'd developed, since their URLs were public. When on the other side of the table, I've settled for giving unusual problems, to see how the person thinks. I've interviewed lots of folks with a portfolio who apparently were led by the hand, because they can't tell me how it works, or can't show me how it would be modified to do X. That was one of the things that soured me on college: not only was the experience non-paying, they were actually _charging me_; and the `experience' part of the experience wasn't all that great, either. And I had to buy my own books. And I had to buy my own equipment. And the amount of _time_ that it seemed to require if I actually wanted to be good at `being a student' was crazy. Again, I'm fortunate enough to have been in college before the internship craze. There were a very few students who had internships, unpaid, but they were closer to research assistance positions, just not with a university lab. (My friend who, in the dead of night, got to answer a question about the Apollo guidance system on the circuit for one of the pre-landing flights, probably would not trade that experience for even a large sum of money, and did, in fact lear plenty.) And I guess that's part of the problem that I was trying to solve, here: it's late enough in intern-season that the bright, enthusiastic kids who could actually manage to be `good students' while simultaneously being good _learners_ appear to have mostly already settled into internships; and I was expecting--or at least hoping--that there are some good learners and do-ers who basically aren't enough like `good students' to have bothered to go looking for the internships that they're supposed to (or who aren't doing internships because they're still in high school and high-school kids don't get directed to do internships like college kids do); or who haven't been snapped up by traditionally-minded organisations who just want to count years-of-college + GPA. And I'd like to point out that in software development the requirement to be a good learner never goes away. Nothing stays the same. It's always funny to see the job requirements for 5 years experience with a technologh that's 2 years old. There's certainly a selfish aspect to this--if only that we're a really small team, and there's only so much `drag' we can afford. But, on the giving hand, I do actually think the `small team doing big things' scenario has a lot of pedagogical merit for someone who's up to it. Small teams are great. You might get lucky, but in general, you don't get what you don't pay for (the converse not, in general being true). If you don't find satisfactory candidate, you may want to consider paying for a good learner with more experience. The time from drag to thrust will probably be quite small. The real concern for your son is how the outsourcing trend going to play out. You can't live here and compete with those salaries. And yet people live in Silicon Valley. That should make the salaries for people telecommuting from NH for CA work pretty competitive, shouldn't it? I guess. I can appreciate the anti-telecommute policies because I can't work effectively at home, without interaction. There's also probably a rock and a hard place problem for employers in that there may be a regulatory difficulty in paying different amounts for the same work depending on where the employee lives. They get away with it for outsourcing because those people aren't employees. Even for in country, it's much easier for a 65 year old to find good paying consulting work than mediocre regular employment. I've been lucky to prove myself and be taken on as a regular employee at a good salary. .-- --- -.- -. --- .-- ... .-- .- - . ...- .. .-..
Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
On 2015-07-31 18:04, Bill Freeman wrote: Oh, but first are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced? (Jimi Hendrix, for the young amongst you) To get good jobs, you need things on your resume. Things, yes And many employers seem to like things to be a list of _places_ where you've been employed previously. While I'm often amazed that candidates for engineering jobs will show up with _no portfolio_ (especially when we're talking about software jobs: mechanical engineers, for example, may have a legitimate case that it's hard to get personal access to the tools they'd need to build a personal portfolio; but the tools required to develop software?); I'm even more amazed that people on the other side of the interview-process often have no idea what to do when a candidate does have a portfolio of work available for review. Before that, unless you're in a field where you can publish while doing graduate work (it's own form of internship), you have to take low paying, crummy jobs. In some fields they're called interships. It's the non-paying ones that are real scams. That was one of the things that soured me on college: not only was the experience non-paying, they were actually _charging me_; and the `experience' part of the experience wasn't all that great, either. And I had to buy my own books. And I had to buy my own equipment. And the amount of _time_ that it seemed to require if I actually wanted to be good at `being a student' was crazy. And I guess that's part of the problem that I was trying to solve, here: it's late enough in intern-season that the bright, enthusiastic kids who could actually manage to be `good students' while simultaneously being good _learners_ appear to have mostly already settled into internships; and I was expecting--or at least hoping--that there are some good learners and do-ers who basically aren't enough like `good students' to have bothered to go looking for the internships that they're supposed to (or who aren't doing internships because they're still in high school and high-school kids don't get directed to do internships like college kids do); or who haven't been snapped up by traditionally-minded organisations who just want to count years-of-college + GPA. There's certainly a selfish aspect to this--if only that we're a really small team, and there's only so much `drag' we can afford. But, on the giving hand, I do actually think the `small team doing big things' scenario has a lot of pedagogical merit for someone who's up to it. The real concern for your son is how the outsourcing trend going to play out. You can't live here and compete with those salaries. And yet people live in Silicon Valley. That should make the salaries for people telecommuting from NH for CA work pretty competitive, shouldn't it? (I retrospect, the last time I was talking to a recruiter who said I'd have to move to CA even if I was going to end up in the company's Boston office, I guess I should tried proposing: how about I just stay in NH, I do CA software work on the CA schedule, and you get to pay me like I work in MA?). -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
By the looks of it I would assume Joshua's company is offering paid work. That type of, even green talent is fairly sought after. Plus unpaid is actually very legally sketchy ground when it renders something useful to the offering company. In response to Greg's humorous comment. I recently got an unpaid proposition like that. Guess its understandable when the entrepreneur is one broke person trying to scrap something out of nothing (which it is in the case of my offer). Maybe I'm only sympathetic because been that person myself. However I feel like in our industry if one has put their time in they likely have something to offer beyond a reference or a potential cut of kickstarter in return. For example I'm looking for a couple of details that would be nice (but not necessary) to help my open source project and maybe my business. **The project is a chorded keyer that looks to ease the learning curve of typing. Looking for --- PCB design files --- Case Design files (maybe make some prints given access to an affordable option) --- Assistance with a prototype type correction system (node or python) --- Help getting into OpenCV, webRTC, Sockets.io (or other interest) Offering --- Assistance with a organizing and structuring a complex arduino or like embedded project into manageable asynchronous pieces. --- Help getting into to C/C++, Python, Node, Express.js, MongoDB, --- Written help with presenting your project to others, like scripting a video Maybe that example is less hypothetical than I had intended... Sorry for the digression Joshua, On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: Is this an unpaid internship? If so, I'm wondering how different this is compared to: I'm looking for a musician with some real experience, preferably with record deals and verifiable quality to play at my bbq. Ideally will also assist with grilling and cleanup. Experience mixing drinks a plus. Entertaining personality is a must. Please provide own transportation, setup and sound equipment. This is just a one-day event, and all my friends will be there so please be punctual. Thanks, we'll give you good references and since I have a lot of friends, you might get some work out of it. And who knows, I could always throw some more parties in the future so there's a lot in it for you. ps. this is not a personal attack, I'm seriously wondering if this is what current CS grads have to look forward to. My High School son is working right now for $9/hr and I have to give him good advice on what career path to follow. On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@hackerposse.com wrote: Guys, I'm currently looking for an intern to come play with my company's Linux-powered autonomous robot fleet this summer: Harvest Automation http://www.harvestai.com is looking to give one bright individual some industrial experience that includes: * Working with actual robots, simulations, testers, operations people, and developers to help solve issues in the application, network, and operating environments. * Creating test plans, test cases, and conditions for testing of the robot software (both on actual hardware, running around in the real world, and in simulation) from information in specifications, feature descriptions, or bug-reports. * Creation of test cases that address software scenarios, system testing, regression testing, negative testing, error or defect retest, performance monitoring and usability * Reproducing and resolving software issues with the database, UI, or communication protocol * Implementing a software solution from a requirement description within the code base using the database, UI, or communication protocol * Updating test results and requirement descriptions in our issue-tracker * Assisting in system set-up and software installation * Assisting in the installation/configuration of re-creations of the software production environments We're in Billerica, MA (~14 miles south of Nashua). We're really hoping to find someone who's already got a reasonably good grasp on what software-development entails; my boss has been recruit from the college CS programs around Boston, and is expecting to find someone working on a Master's CS Degree; I suspect that we'd do well to open up the search a bit--that there's probably someone on the list either who knows someone in college or high school (or *whatever*) who's already savvy enough to have read some of the more interesting compsci literature on their own, spent some time hacking on open-source projects, and even has some code/patchsets associated with a
Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
Forwarded to a local head of a first robotics team. On Aug 1, 2015 10:23 AM, Paul Beaudet inof...@gmail.com wrote: By the looks of it I would assume Joshua's company is offering paid work. That type of, even green talent is fairly sought after. Plus unpaid is actually very legally sketchy ground when it renders something useful to the offering company. In response to Greg's humorous comment. I recently got an unpaid proposition like that. Guess its understandable when the entrepreneur is one broke person trying to scrap something out of nothing (which it is in the case of my offer). Maybe I'm only sympathetic because been that person myself. However I feel like in our industry if one has put their time in they likely have something to offer beyond a reference or a potential cut of kickstarter in return. For example I'm looking for a couple of details that would be nice (but not necessary) to help my open source project and maybe my business. **The project is a chorded keyer that looks to ease the learning curve of typing. Looking for --- PCB design files --- Case Design files (maybe make some prints given access to an affordable option) --- Assistance with a prototype type correction system (node or python) --- Help getting into OpenCV, webRTC, Sockets.io (or other interest) Offering --- Assistance with a organizing and structuring a complex arduino or like embedded project into manageable asynchronous pieces. --- Help getting into to C/C++, Python, Node, Express.js, MongoDB, --- Written help with presenting your project to others, like scripting a video Maybe that example is less hypothetical than I had intended... Sorry for the digression Joshua, On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: Is this an unpaid internship? If so, I'm wondering how different this is compared to: I'm looking for a musician with some real experience, preferably with record deals and verifiable quality to play at my bbq. Ideally will also assist with grilling and cleanup. Experience mixing drinks a plus. Entertaining personality is a must. Please provide own transportation, setup and sound equipment. This is just a one-day event, and all my friends will be there so please be punctual. Thanks, we'll give you good references and since I have a lot of friends, you might get some work out of it. And who knows, I could always throw some more parties in the future so there's a lot in it for you. ps. this is not a personal attack, I'm seriously wondering if this is what current CS grads have to look forward to. My High School son is working right now for $9/hr and I have to give him good advice on what career path to follow. On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@hackerposse.com wrote: Guys, I'm currently looking for an intern to come play with my company's Linux-powered autonomous robot fleet this summer: Harvest Automation http://www.harvestai.com is looking to give one bright individual some industrial experience that includes: * Working with actual robots, simulations, testers, operations people, and developers to help solve issues in the application, network, and operating environments. * Creating test plans, test cases, and conditions for testing of the robot software (both on actual hardware, running around in the real world, and in simulation) from information in specifications, feature descriptions, or bug-reports. * Creation of test cases that address software scenarios, system testing, regression testing, negative testing, error or defect retest, performance monitoring and usability * Reproducing and resolving software issues with the database, UI, or communication protocol * Implementing a software solution from a requirement description within the code base using the database, UI, or communication protocol * Updating test results and requirement descriptions in our issue-tracker * Assisting in system set-up and software installation * Assisting in the installation/configuration of re-creations of the software production environments We're in Billerica, MA (~14 miles south of Nashua). We're really hoping to find someone who's already got a reasonably good grasp on what software-development entails; my boss has been recruit from the college CS programs around Boston, and is expecting to find someone working on a Master's CS Degree; I suspect that we'd do well to open up the search a bit--that there's probably someone on the list either who knows someone in college or high school (or *whatever*) who's already savvy enough to have read some of the more
Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: Is this an unpaid internship? If so, I'm wondering how different this is compared to: ... ps. this is not a personal attack, I'm seriously wondering if this is what current CS grads have to look forward to. My High School son is working right now for $9/hr and I have to give him good advice on what career path to follow. I'm in Oracle's cluster file system group, formed largely from people laid off by HP from the Tru64 UNIX group. We've hired several recent college grads. Oracle seems to treat them pretty well - trip to HQ, meet some of the top-level exec, monthly lunch with the local other college hires (where new seems to be within the last three years or so). We've generally hired people with a masters degree, generally from big name schools (I guess that's worth something). Brown Univ has a decent OS curriculum, so it's a good place to get larval OS types. Weird dealing with people who don't know of (not just have never used) core memory, Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games, etc. It's also interesting seeing them get up to speed - they actually do. Yay for youthful exuberance. As for career paths, before I went to college, Dad made a spreadsheet (on graph paper) showing the cost of school and income for both a EE and an electrician. It took many years to catch up to the electrician, and I imagine it takes many more years now given the cost of college. That's not too bad a career - cleaner than being a plumber, more comfortable than being a HVAC guy roasting on the asphalt roof replacing a burned out motor, and the job generally doesn't follow you home. -Ric -- r...@wermenh.comhttp://WermeNH.com/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
Also: be quick, please :) We've finally managed to get a few candidates that even seemed worth bringing in for interviews, and boss is eager to accept _someone_ I'd really prefer to just get something before the weekend is out-- any sort of rough description of who people are and some things they have done or are doing--rather than potentially lose out on bringing the right one in because an `acceptable' level of candidate showed up while someone better was polishing a resume. On 2015-07-31 01:15, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: Guys, I'm currently looking for an intern to come play with my company's Linux-powered autonomous robot fleet this summer: Harvest Automation http://www.harvestai.com is looking to give one bright individual some industrial experience that includes: * Working with actual robots, simulations, testers, operations people, and developers to help solve issues in the application, network, and operating environments. * Creating test plans, test cases, and conditions for testing of the robot software (both on actual hardware, running around in the real world, and in simulation) from information in specifications, feature descriptions, or bug-reports. * Creation of test cases that address software scenarios, system testing, regression testing, negative testing, error or defect retest, performance monitoring and usability * Reproducing and resolving software issues with the database, UI, or communication protocol * Implementing a software solution from a requirement description within the code base using the database, UI, or communication protocol * Updating test results and requirement descriptions in our issue-tracker * Assisting in system set-up and software installation * Assisting in the installation/configuration of re-creations of the software production environments We're in Billerica, MA (~14 miles south of Nashua). We're really hoping to find someone who's already got a reasonably good grasp on what software-development entails; my boss has been recruit from the college CS programs around Boston, and is expecting to find someone working on a Master's CS Degree; I suspect that we'd do well to open up the search a bit--that there's probably someone on the list either who knows someone in college or high school (or *whatever*) who's already savvy enough to have read some of the more interesting compsci literature on their own, spent some time hacking on open-source projects, and even has some code/patchsets associated with a github/launchpad/ohloh/openhub/sourceforge/whatever account that they could show along with trails through mailing lists and public bug-trackers..., or who _is_ such a person themselves. I'd like to hear from those people. Experience with C++ and Python are pluses (and if you're savvy enough to grok things metaclasses, that's probably a big plus). If you know C# or Java, that's OK too. You'll need to have some background somewhere in there. Knowing SQL is a plus. If you've ever programmed with a video game engine, that's a plus. Understanding of network architectures and how Wi-Fi actually works is a plus. -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
On 2015-07-31 15:17, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: Is this an unpaid internship? No, I believe we're planning on paying them something. How much? I'm not sure, but we're really not going for slave labour. On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@hackerposse.com mailto:roz...@hackerposse.com wrote: Guys, I'm currently looking for an intern to come play with my company's Linux-powered autonomous robot fleet this summer: Harvest Automation http://www.harvestai.com is looking to give one bright individual some industrial experience that includes: * Working with actual robots, simulations, testers, operations people, and developers to help solve issues in the application, network, and operating environments. * Creating test plans, test cases, and conditions for testing of the robot software (both on actual hardware, running around in the real world, and in simulation) from information in specifications, feature descriptions, or bug-reports. * Creation of test cases that address software scenarios, system testing, regression testing, negative testing, error or defect retest, performance monitoring and usability * Reproducing and resolving software issues with the database, UI, or communication protocol * Implementing a software solution from a requirement description within the code base using the database, UI, or communication protocol * Updating test results and requirement descriptions in our issue-tracker * Assisting in system set-up and software installation * Assisting in the installation/configuration of re-creations of the software production environments We're in Billerica, MA (~14 miles south of Nashua). We're really hoping to find someone who's already got a reasonably good grasp on what software-development entails; my boss has been recruit from the college CS programs around Boston, and is expecting to find someone working on a Master's CS Degree; I suspect that we'd do well to open up the search a bit--that there's probably someone on the list either who knows someone in college or high school (or *whatever*) who's already savvy enough to have read some of the more interesting compsci literature on their own, spent some time hacking on open-source projects, and even has some code/patchsets associated with a github/launchpad/ohloh/openhub/sourceforge/whatever account that they could show along with trails through mailing lists and public bug-trackers..., or who _is_ such a person themselves. I'd like to hear from those people. Experience with C++ and Python are pluses (and if you're savvy enough to grok things metaclasses, that's probably a big plus). If you know C# or Java, that's OK too. You'll need to have some background somewhere in there. Knowing SQL is a plus. If you've ever programmed with a video game engine, that's a plus. Understanding of network architectures and how Wi-Fi actually works is a plus. -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org mailto:gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: Is this an unpaid internship? If so, I'm wondering how different this is compared to: I'm looking for a musician with some real experience, preferably with record deals and verifiable quality to play at my bbq. Ideally will also assist with grilling and cleanup. Experience mixing drinks a plus. Entertaining personality is a must. Please provide own transportation, setup and sound equipment. This is just a one-day event, and all my friends will be there so please be punctual. Thanks, we'll give you good references and since I have a lot of friends, you might get some work out of it. And who knows, I could always throw some more parties in the future so there's a lot in it for you. ps. this is not a personal attack, I'm seriously wondering if this is what current CS grads have to look forward to. My High School son is working right now for $9/hr and I have to give him good advice on what career path to follow. On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@hackerposse.com wrote: Guys, I'm currently looking for an intern to come play with my company's Linux-powered autonomous robot fleet this summer: Harvest Automation http://www.harvestai.com is looking to give one bright individual some industrial experience that includes: * Working with actual robots, simulations, testers, operations people, and developers to help solve issues in the application, network, and operating environments. * Creating test plans, test cases, and conditions for testing of the robot software (both on actual hardware, running around in the real world, and in simulation) from information in specifications, feature descriptions, or bug-reports. * Creation of test cases that address software scenarios, system testing, regression testing, negative testing, error or defect retest, performance monitoring and usability * Reproducing and resolving software issues with the database, UI, or communication protocol * Implementing a software solution from a requirement description within the code base using the database, UI, or communication protocol * Updating test results and requirement descriptions in our issue-tracker * Assisting in system set-up and software installation * Assisting in the installation/configuration of re-creations of the software production environments We're in Billerica, MA (~14 miles south of Nashua). We're really hoping to find someone who's already got a reasonably good grasp on what software-development entails; my boss has been recruit from the college CS programs around Boston, and is expecting to find someone working on a Master's CS Degree; I suspect that we'd do well to open up the search a bit--that there's probably someone on the list either who knows someone in college or high school (or *whatever*) who's already savvy enough to have read some of the more interesting compsci literature on their own, spent some time hacking on open-source projects, and even has some code/patchsets associated with a github/launchpad/ohloh/openhub/sourceforge/whatever account that they could show along with trails through mailing lists and public bug-trackers..., or who _is_ such a person themselves. I'd like to hear from those people. Experience with C++ and Python are pluses (and if you're savvy enough to grok things metaclasses, that's probably a big plus). If you know C# or Java, that's OK too. You'll need to have some background somewhere in there. Knowing SQL is a plus. If you've ever programmed with a video game engine, that's a plus. Understanding of network architectures and how Wi-Fi actually works is a plus. -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
Oh, but first are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced? (Jimi Hendrix, for the young amongst you) To get good jobs, you need things on your resume. Before that, unless you're in a field where you can publish while doing graduate work (it's own form of internship), you have to take low paying, crummy jobs. In some fields they're called interships. It's the non-paying ones that are real scams. The real concern for your son is how the outsourcing trend going to play out. You can't live here and compete with those salaries. On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: Is this an unpaid internship? If so, I'm wondering how different this is compared to: I'm looking for a musician with some real experience, preferably with record deals and verifiable quality to play at my bbq. Ideally will also assist with grilling and cleanup. Experience mixing drinks a plus. Entertaining personality is a must. Please provide own transportation, setup and sound equipment. This is just a one-day event, and all my friends will be there so please be punctual. Thanks, we'll give you good references and since I have a lot of friends, you might get some work out of it. And who knows, I could always throw some more parties in the future so there's a lot in it for you. ps. this is not a personal attack, I'm seriously wondering if this is what current CS grads have to look forward to. My High School son is working right now for $9/hr and I have to give him good advice on what career path to follow. On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@hackerposse.com wrote: Guys, I'm currently looking for an intern to come play with my company's Linux-powered autonomous robot fleet this summer: Harvest Automation http://www.harvestai.com is looking to give one bright individual some industrial experience that includes: * Working with actual robots, simulations, testers, operations people, and developers to help solve issues in the application, network, and operating environments. * Creating test plans, test cases, and conditions for testing of the robot software (both on actual hardware, running around in the real world, and in simulation) from information in specifications, feature descriptions, or bug-reports. * Creation of test cases that address software scenarios, system testing, regression testing, negative testing, error or defect retest, performance monitoring and usability * Reproducing and resolving software issues with the database, UI, or communication protocol * Implementing a software solution from a requirement description within the code base using the database, UI, or communication protocol * Updating test results and requirement descriptions in our issue-tracker * Assisting in system set-up and software installation * Assisting in the installation/configuration of re-creations of the software production environments We're in Billerica, MA (~14 miles south of Nashua). We're really hoping to find someone who's already got a reasonably good grasp on what software-development entails; my boss has been recruit from the college CS programs around Boston, and is expecting to find someone working on a Master's CS Degree; I suspect that we'd do well to open up the search a bit--that there's probably someone on the list either who knows someone in college or high school (or *whatever*) who's already savvy enough to have read some of the more interesting compsci literature on their own, spent some time hacking on open-source projects, and even has some code/patchsets associated with a github/launchpad/ohloh/openhub/sourceforge/whatever account that they could show along with trails through mailing lists and public bug-trackers..., or who _is_ such a person themselves. I'd like to hear from those people. Experience with C++ and Python are pluses (and if you're savvy enough to grok things metaclasses, that's probably a big plus). If you know C# or Java, that's OK too. You'll need to have some background somewhere in there. Knowing SQL is a plus. If you've ever programmed with a video game engine, that's a plus. Understanding of network architectures and how Wi-Fi actually works is a plus. -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet
Guys, I'm currently looking for an intern to come play with my company's Linux-powered autonomous robot fleet this summer: Harvest Automation http://www.harvestai.com is looking to give one bright individual some industrial experience that includes: * Working with actual robots, simulations, testers, operations people, and developers to help solve issues in the application, network, and operating environments. * Creating test plans, test cases, and conditions for testing of the robot software (both on actual hardware, running around in the real world, and in simulation) from information in specifications, feature descriptions, or bug-reports. * Creation of test cases that address software scenarios, system testing, regression testing, negative testing, error or defect retest, performance monitoring and usability * Reproducing and resolving software issues with the database, UI, or communication protocol * Implementing a software solution from a requirement description within the code base using the database, UI, or communication protocol * Updating test results and requirement descriptions in our issue-tracker * Assisting in system set-up and software installation * Assisting in the installation/configuration of re-creations of the software production environments We're in Billerica, MA (~14 miles south of Nashua). We're really hoping to find someone who's already got a reasonably good grasp on what software-development entails; my boss has been recruit from the college CS programs around Boston, and is expecting to find someone working on a Master's CS Degree; I suspect that we'd do well to open up the search a bit--that there's probably someone on the list either who knows someone in college or high school (or *whatever*) who's already savvy enough to have read some of the more interesting compsci literature on their own, spent some time hacking on open-source projects, and even has some code/patchsets associated with a github/launchpad/ohloh/openhub/sourceforge/whatever account that they could show along with trails through mailing lists and public bug-trackers..., or who _is_ such a person themselves. I'd like to hear from those people. Experience with C++ and Python are pluses (and if you're savvy enough to grok things metaclasses, that's probably a big plus). If you know C# or Java, that's OK too. You'll need to have some background somewhere in there. Knowing SQL is a plus. If you've ever programmed with a video game engine, that's a plus. Understanding of network architectures and how Wi-Fi actually works is a plus. -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
