GettingStarted

In January of 2000, I gave a talk at my former high school to students for their career day. In February of 2000, I gave a similar talk to the Minneapples user group's programming SIG.

Since I wrote the notes in Manila and carried them to the two talks, it was pretty easy to put them on the web. Perhaps someone else will find them useful. I've also been getting information from other folks about this topic, so the site is actually growing. Cool.

Lastly, I've enabled the discussion group software in Manila so the folks from the programming SIG can discuss things here. I hope it'll be useful. The programming SIG meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month (except when holidays get in the way) at the Washburn Library in Minneapolis.

• What's it like to be a programmer? discusses my views on what this profession is like.
• Getting Started as a Computer Programmer is a list of things to do before you go to that interview.
• Interviewing is a lot of tips for the actual interview.
• Anton's pages were put together by the guy who spoke at the Minneapple's programming SIG the month before I did.
• Bad Recruiters is a cautionary tale of a bad experience with a recruiter.
• Links from March Programming SIG is a list of the links I told people about at the Minneapples user group's programming SIG on March 22nd.
• Mike Crawford's new policy on recruiters was worth reposting. I like what he had to say.
• Joel Spolsky wrote the Guerilla Guide to Interviewing, which is a good look at how an interview should go, from the point of view of the person doing the hiring.

Thanks to Allyson Pardue of Scientific Placement and Pamela Smith of INNTECH Professional Staffing for their comments and suggestions.