A short interview with Anthony Hooper, development manager at Macadamian Technologies. Tony shares his experience and thoughts on balancing work, family and social life, gives wise advice about enjoying being professional and talks about why job security is not an issue if you love what you do and do what you love.
Recorder at Macadamian Gatineau office on December 24th, 2011.
Сегодня я разговариваю с Себастиеном Лаузоном, рекрутером в компании Макадэмиэн, где я работаю. Интервью на английском языке. Советую послушать тем, кто работает в сфере информационных технологий – вы узнаете, как рекрутеры ищут таланты, как выбирают кандидатов, на что обращают внимание, что любят, а что – нет, а также несколько ценных советов по организации собственной карьеры. Под конец – как стать тем человеком, кто не беспокоится за свое будущее ;). p.s. *
— how did Sebastien become a head hunter?
— freshly graduated students
— how job interviews go
— advices for students and young professionals
— advices for foreigners seeking job in Europe / North America
— how to secure your future?
P.S. another important thing about foreigners seeking jobs Sebastien asked to include: get all necessary government permits before applying for a job, because most of the companies expect job permits, visas and everything else to be ready.
Interview with AbdelRahman, PhD student from Egypt. We talk about Egyptian revolution 2011.
— You and revolution
— Would you join the streets?
— Could it be western-based revolution?
Question from readers:
— What was the final triggering event?
— «You’ve destroyed everything you had. Do you understand your stupidity?»
— What future does Egypt have?
— Who supported president Mubarak?
— What do older people think about revolution 2011?
— If you could, what would you say to your ex-president?
Today we're talking with Evangelos Kranakis, PhD. Mathematician, computer scientist, received a B.Sc. (in Mathematics) from the University of Athens, Greece, in 1973 and a Ph.D. (in Mathematical Logic) from the University of Minnesota, USA, in 1980. Worked with mathematics Department of Purdue University, USA, mathematisches institut of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, Computer Science Department of Yale University, USA, Computer Science Department of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam. Evangelos joined the faculty of the School of Computer Science of Carleton University in the Fall of 1991.
— Greece, Canada, USA, Germany, Netherlands
— Education system
— What is computer science?
— State of modern computer science and mathematics
— Why networking is important?
— Bioinformatics, genes. What do we know about DNA?
— Words of wisdom
— How to learn to understand mathematics?
— Is P=NP?