Academia vs. Industry

One of our department’s professors is leaving for Google. He described his reasons for leaving thusly (I’m paraphrasing from memory and omitting the personal and family reasons he has for leaving), “Academics make less than people working in industry. The … Full Post

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Get out and be social

Every town and every city has something to do in it. It’s important to not spend all your time in front of the computer, even if only to let your subconscience dwell on those difficult questions. I’m putting this here … Full Post

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Reuse! Recycle!

I was burned recently by the temptation to create anew rather than use someone else’s code. Now I’ve lost valuable time and I’m busy adapting the open source modules anyway. (I’m using the Python modules: pyevolve and networkx.) Let this be a … Full Post

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