Duality

This was in the Berkeley EECS undergrad announcements. I think a couple of you might be interested:

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Six Apart Summer Position

Six Apart (http://www.sixapart.com/), the company behind the Movable Type, TypePad and LiveJournal weblogging systems/services is looking for a handful of talented summer interns to work with us in building, designing and marketing the next generation of weblogging software. You will work on a global team to build software used by millions of individuals and businesses.

The positions will begin May 23rd and last through the summer (start date is negotiable). Hours will be Full Time and pay is negotiable based on experience.

Openings:

Engineering: 2-4 individuals with savvy web software development skills. Candidates must have prior experience in Perl and be comfortable with knowledge of basic Software Engineering concepts: development models, testing, and documentation. Experience with high-volume web sites and open source technologies are pluses. Please include notable project examples.

Marketing: 1-2 individual with strong writing and communication skills and prior experience marketing for a web property.

Design: 1-3 talented individuals with creative graphical and/or user interface design skills. Please include project/portfolio examples.

Customer Analysis: 1 individual who will analyze customer data to discover patterns, test hypotheses and form insights that influence our product and marketing decisions. Candidates must have excellent quantitative skills and experience or education in survey design, sampling, and data analysis. MBAs or post-grads are preferred. We will also consider smart, eager undergrads who are either Math or Economic majors.

The ideal candidates will have the following characteristics:

1. Ability to learn. Candidate must show they can adapt to the rapidly changing technology landscape. Good listening skills are paramount.
2. Ability to communicate. Candidate must show that they can express ideas with elegance and flair. For marketing/design candidates, excellent written and verbal skills are an absolute must.
3. Technical ability. For our technical intern positions, candidate must be part of a CS program or have prior experience developing web based applications. Good project experience with web programming languages is preferred.
4. Flexibility. Candidate must be comfortable and excited to be part of a start up!

Send your resume to jobs@sixapart.com

Ars Technica has reviewed Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4 for you PC users). It’s highly technical—not to mention, really long—but if you know some CS, it shouldn’t be too bad. I’m finding it to be incredibly interesting. And it has made me excited about Tiger in ways traditional reviews can’t match.

(Yes, I need to add in a system for links)

Reminder: I’m on page 10…

To provide some balance, here’s some good news: on the Beatmania front, I can convincingly pass REINCARNATION ~another~ (8 stars) and I’ve been working on era (step mix) (9 stars). On the Drummania front, I have La Arena Roja (Adv 51) down solid, almost have Russian Roulette (Ext 54) down.

I’m totally the best Beatmania player in Cory Hall. Shouldn’t I get a prize? =)

(hmm… I should try REINCARNATION ~another~ on random…)

I don’t think Jay knows yet, but Alan was really disappointed when he heard I didn’t get an offer. After Alan got his offer, we all assumed I’d get one too. It would’ve been just like 142: the three of us taking on assignments way over our heads.

But I should’ve known. Steve, newly promoted to a general manager of Linear, called me late in the day (6:30 PM). If a company wanted to give you an offer, they’d call you in the middle of the day, right? Leave all the rejection calls for the end of the day. I’m serious. Susan, the rotation program manager for International Rectifier, called me at 4:50 PM.

Allow me to drop the professionalism for a moment.

No offense to Chris or Alan, but… International Rectifier choosing Chris over me and Linear choosing Alan over me feel like slaps in the face. Counting only those of my graduating class that are going to work, I should be #2 when it comes to analog circuits—#1 being Jay.

That’s it. Not doing any work tonight.

I just finished Psychonaughts and wow…what a great game. I’ll be posting a review in the next day or so. Also, I finished Jade Empire about a week ago and should be posting that review as well. So stay tuned for great things to come! ;)

May the 4th be with you!

Only two weeks before the final installment. Can’t you just feel the excitement? *glee!!*