http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/curiousity-is-a-necessary-quality.html Hiring technical people and being hired can be difficult, no matter what the economy is doing. Use the tips here to hire better, or find a new job. Thu, 17 May 2012 14:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/curiousity-is-a-necessary-quality.html/comment-page-1#comment-193 Glenn Mandelkern Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:56:19 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=354#comment-193 When I developed software, I'd sometimes put calls that would output different musical chords or phrases to let me know where the code was. Sometimes the screen would be obscured, so I couldn't print a debugging message, or it'd flash by too quickly. So I'd code an arpeggio in the key of A, the first 4 notes to Beethoven's 5th, etc. (I definitely had to remember to take those out before shipping!) This would let me know if the execution ever made it to key parts I was expecting. Years later, though, I had to choose a different note besides C#. When I developed software, I’d sometimes put calls that would output different musical chords or phrases to let me know where the code was. Sometimes the screen would be obscured, so I couldn’t print a debugging message, or it’d flash by too quickly. So I’d code an arpeggio in the key of A, the first 4 notes to Beethoven’s 5th, etc. (I definitely had to remember to take those out before shipping!)
This would let me know if the execution ever made it to key parts I was expecting. Years later, though, I had to choose a different note besides C#.

]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/curiousity-is-a-necessary-quality.html/comment-page-1#comment-192 Jeff Pelletier Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:30:01 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=354#comment-192 I need to hire some software engineers so your blog is very helpful. Jeff I need to hire some software engineers so your blog is very helpful.
Jeff

]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/curiousity-is-a-necessary-quality.html/comment-page-1#comment-191 Duane Burman Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:04:34 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=354#comment-191 Blind NASA scientist uses similar to enable blind teenagers attending his summer space camp to track trajectories of rockets they design, build, launch. Would be great to discover other applications now that you've got the algorithm figured out. Blind NASA scientist uses similar to enable blind teenagers attending his summer space camp to track trajectories of rockets they design, build, launch.
Would be great to discover other applications now that you’ve got the algorithm figured out.

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