Monthly Archive for May, 2008

I’m Hired, Now What?

The Engineering Co-op Program presents – ‘I’m Hired, Now What?’

You’re weeks away from starting your summer co-op/internship.  Sure you are well qualified, but do you really know all you need to know to start a JOB?  Do you know how to decipher corporate culture or how your work performance will be “graded”?  Are you asking too many questions of my supervisor?  What should you say to the CEO when you’re passing in the hallway?  Do you know how to fill out your W-4, I-9 and 401K forms?

Come learn all the basics that will make your first months on the job SO much easier from Christopher Milliken of Lockheed Martin

Who Should Attend:  Students with summer co-ops/internships
When: Tuesday June 3, 2008 2:30-3:30pm
Where:  EE 303

Get Your Undergraduate Research Funded!

The Undergraduate Research Program is now accepting applications for the following undergraduate research funding opportunities:

–>LEVINSON EMERGING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
As Levinson Emerging Scholars, selected UW undergraduates will receive funding to support focused, independent research in genetics, neuroscience, biochemistry, bioengineering, bioinformatics, and related fields in the life sciences for up to two academic years.
For more information, visit:
www.washington.edu/research/urp/levinson/index.html. Application
deadline: Monday, June 2, 2008 by 5pm. Continue reading ‘Get Your Undergraduate Research Funded!’

Programmer Writer, Aquent

Positions Available: 3

Job Description: If you’re one of the rare people who either loves to program and write or you’re a writer with coding skills, we are looking for you! The Programmer/Writers will research, develop and write documentation components for an audience of software developers. The completed documentation components must demonstrate an understanding of programming documentation principles and development, describe complex state-of-the-art software architectures, and describe how to develop software applications using the Software Developer Kits/Device Driver Kits or developer tools being documented. The Programmer/Writers will also derive documentation from project source code as a part of this process. More experienced Programmer/Writers may work with more complex technologies, work with a wider array of technologies, and oversee a complex documentation project.
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Technical Editor, Aquent

Positions Available: 3

If you’re passionate about editing and content and are able to provide editing for organization, content, technical accuracy and style we’re looking for you! The Technical Editors must analyze a piece of documentation at every stage in the process and determine in good judgment the level of editing it requires. The Technical Editors will edit multiple pieces of documentation at various development levels at any given time, and may create an internal style guide and word lists for group use. Technical Editors will follow corporate legal guidelines to create accurate copyright pages and check the Copy Editor’s legal edits. Additionally, the Technical Editors may be responsible for determining the schedule and work flow for the team, for developing and executing internal/external review processes, and reviewing corporate style guides for accuracy. More experienced Technical Editors could oversee the work of other editors, proofreaders, production staff and a documentation team as needed.
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Technical Writer, Aquent

Positions Available: 3

If you’re passionate about communication and can research, design, develop and write technical information for broad audiences either online or in print, we’re looking for you! The Technical Writers will help produce documentation that complies with its plan requirements, develop and test user scenarios showing how to use the product being documented, and obtain and document technical information from developers, program/product managers, testers and product support personnel. Additional responsibilities of the Technical Writers could include responding to editorial/reviewer feedback, working with program management, product marketing, etc., and instructing others in writing styles. The Technical Writers may also assist with the scheduling and coordination of the team’s work, writing portions of the documentation plan, and overseeing the team in the design and production of courseware for training.
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Leadership Lunch Series

Please join us for the June Leadership Lunch with guest speaker Dr. Sue Carter. Dr. Carter is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is also a Chief Technical adviser for Add-Vision, Inc, and a mother of two.  For more information about Dr. Carter, go to http://physics.ucsc.edu/~sacarter/carter.shtml.

The lunch will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 12:30 – 2 pm in CHB 102. Please note the change in time and place. Space is limited, so please RSVP by going to the Leadership Lunch website at http://www.stc-mditr.org/education/leadershiplunch/ by Friday, June 6. Continue reading ‘Leadership Lunch Series’

UI designer for MyCorporation

Staff UI designer for MyCorporation, an Intuit subsidiary – contract, Los Angeles, CA

To apply contact: Enon Rice, Technology Recruiter, Technisource

a Subsidiary of Spherion’s – Professional Services Group
4660 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 910
San Diego, CA 92122
(858) 458-9200 x 25
(858) 752-1181 Cell
(858) 458-1830 Fax
Web: http://www.spherion.com/careers/working_spherion/company_profile.jsp

Staff UI Designer – Possible Temp to Perm. Continue reading ‘UI designer for MyCorporation’

COM 597 – economics of digital information

COM 597, economics of digital information, is being offered again this summer.

The revised syllabus (based on what I learned last summer) is online at http://neteconomics.wordpress.com/. The course will get its own course number in the fall (getting paperwork approved at our next faculty meeting).

Overview:
This course explores the impact of the Internet and digital technologies on the economy — from facilitating product variety to pricing, from switching costs to social network impacts on content creation and marketing. The objective of the course is not to produce a trained economist or a computer scientist; instead, the objective is to expose students to current practices in the digital market place and the market impacts of emerging technologies. In addition, students will take an economic approach to media analysis and consumer behaviors.

CISSE 2008

CISSE 2008 provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of the-art research on computers, information and systems sciences and engineering. CISSE 2008 is the fourth conference of the CISSE series of e-conferences. CISSE is the World’s first Engineering/Computing and Systems Research E-Conference. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the internet. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the internet. CISSE 2005 received 255 research paper submissions and the final program included 140 accepted papers, from more than 45 countries. CISSE 2006 received 691 research paper submissions and the final program included 390 accepted papers, from more than 70 countries. CISSE 2007 received 750 research paper submissions and the final program included 406 accepted papers, from more than 80 countries. Continue reading ‘CISSE 2008′

Information Architect

Big Fish is looking for an Information Architect – short term contract with a Seattle design agency

Apply online for this job (#4636) and others at http://www.gobigfish.com/jobDetail.aspx?jobid=4636

Big Fish is looking for a ROCKSTAR Information Architect for an amazing opportunity.
This is a great chance to get your foot in the door with one of Seattle’s HOT design agencies. Continue reading ‘Information Architect’