Online Ed Venture Coursera Lands $6 Million, More University Partners
Coursera, the online education platform started by Stanford computer science professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, has raised $6 million in new funding and signed its first international university...
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Box (formerly Box.net) is a cloud content management system. The Los Altos, Calif., company is in a super hot space right now and it’s growing extremely fast. At the Tech Career Expo in San Francisco,...
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Microsoft Flight Simulator May Not Help You Pilot a Drone
Spending a lot of time playing Microsoft Flight Simulator or Falcon 4.0: Allied Force? Ever wonder if your gaming skills would translate into a real world job? Maybe you should think about flying...
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You Can Find a Job in R&D If You Look Hard Enough
Quick: Name a truly innovative company today. Chances are you thought of someone like Amazon (for its AWS and related-cloud services), Apple (shiny devices and usability), Twitter (zero to ubiquity in...
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Trying Out Blockly, Google’s New Programming Language [DiceTV]
Google Blockly is a Web-based graphical programming language that intentionally resembles a jigsaw. You create programs by joining pieces together, and are restricted in the same way puzzle pieces...
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Mastering Mobile Development’s Landscape [DiceTV]
Interested in jumping into mobile development? Before you do, there’s a host of questions you have to answer: What platforms to learn, which tools to master? Are you better off focusing on finding a...
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IT Hiring Manager Critiques Grad’s Programmer Resume
Earlier this week, Roberta Fricker, who recently earned a certificate in computer science from Santa Barbara City College in California, had her resume critiqued by a senior IT recruiter. Today, she...
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Beating the Odds: Helping Girls Become Engineers
As classes begin at colleges and universities throughout the country, the odds of finding a female engineering student is slim. Come next summer, the odds of finding a graduating female engineering...
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Working With IT Networks: The Basics
The level of expertise IT network professionals need depends on the type of network they work with and its complexity level. When you connect multiple computers to a network, you’ve formed a LAN, but...
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How to Get a Job at Raytheon
With 71,000 worldwide employees and $25 billion in annual sales, Raytheon has been one of the nation’s leading defense, aerospace and homeland security contractors for decades. Electronics, guided...
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UC Santa Cruz Offers New Master’s in Games
The University of California at Santa Cruz is offering a master’s degree in games and playable media. The program, which will be held at the school’s Santa Clara campus, covers advanced technologies...
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Rise in CIS Degrees Continues for 2nd Year
Computer and information sciences degrees continued to climb for the second consecutive year in 2010-11, according to a recent Dice Report. Back in 2008-09, when the number of degrees bottomed out at...
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Schools Push for Women Computer Scientists
By Ji Hyun Lee It used to be that some professions were thought to be just for men — picture rugged firefighters, those thoughtful doctors in pharmaceutical ads and, of course, the hyperactive geek...
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4 Things to Do This Summer If You Didn’t Get an Internship
Not everyone gets a summer internship after every year of college. Nothing came through for you this year? That doesn’t mean you can’t use the summer to your career’s advantage. This week Cat offers...
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Interview: Lyla Perrodin, CIO, MRIGlobal
Lyla Perrodin, Vice President and CIO of MRIGlobal in Kansas City, can attest to the importance of teachers and mentors in encouraging girls to take up tech careers. “I took a programming class in high...
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Why Soft Skills Give New Graduates an Edge
Interpersonal skills – those so-called “soft skills” that tech professionals deride so much – continue to be an important consideration when employers make their hiring decisions. However, more than...
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Is a CS Master’s Worth Anything to Programmers?
Some argue that a master’s degree is “the new bachelor’s.” That is, so many people have bachelor’s degrees that you need a master’s to stand out. There is some truth to that. But is a master’s degree...
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4 Reasons to Launch a Company in School
College is a great time for developing a strong social and professional network, exploring your interests, and of course learning a lot. It’s also a great time for launching a startup. Here are four...
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Here’s Why You Should Attend Career Fairs
College career fairs have a reputation for being frustrating, with seemingly little return. Is it worth putting in all of the effort to prepare, when you may just be asked to apply online? Here’s what...
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Geico Hiring Grads for Tech Development Program
The insurance company Geico is seeking college graduates to enter a new three-year Technology Development Program based at the company’s headquarters in suburban Washington, D.C. The full-time program...
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