CSE Undergrad News

Adobe tech talk
When: 10/20 at 5:30
Where: the Atrium

Hope to see you there!

– ACM Officers

Amazon Info Session – Wednesday, Oct. 14 2009 – 5:30-7:30 EEB 125

Amazon – How Technology Provides the World’s Biggest Selection
By Steve Brain and Margaux Eng
Steve is a Director in Retail Systems. Margaux is a Software Development Manager in Retail Systems and a UW Alum.

We’re giving away free food and great swag.

Love technology?  Passionate about making an impact with your career?  Think about your dream vacation constantly?  Come get your geek on at Expedia’s Info Session on Thursday, October 8th at 5:30 pm in the Paul G. Allen Center Atrium.  This is a great chance to take a break from the books, enjoy some free food, and learn how Expedia has used technology to become the world’s largest online travel company.

What’s in it for you?
*       Interesting Topics:  Learn about Best Fare Search, innovation at Expedia, and the technology problems we’re looking to you to solve.
*       Free (and tasty) food:  Expedia is a food centric company.  Come enjoy dinner on us–there will be plenty of Jimmy John’s sandwiches to go around.
*       Sweet giveaways:  We like giving away free stuff.  Enough said.
*       Job opportunities:  Come learn about the roles we’ll be actively recruiting for at the SEBA and CSE Career Fairs.  Bring your resume if you like!

Questions?  Email campus@expedia.com.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Expedia Campus Recruiting

The Employer Panel is first CSE recruiting prep event of the year! The purpose is to inform you about the recruiting process from the employers’ perspective.

• When: Wednesday Oct. 7, 5:45-6:45 pm
• Where: EE 125
• RSVP: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/cseadv/85023

The panel consists of four industry representatives: one recent grad/engineer, one HR representative from a large company, one HR rep from a small company, and one hiring manager.

This year’s panelists:

• Hiring Manager: Tam Armstrong, Sony Media
• Recent CSE Grad: Brian Ma, Eggsprout
• Large Co. HR: Ben Mercer, Microsoft
• Small Co. HR: Joni Kimzey, Tableau Software

Moderator: Dave Rispoli, CSE Professional Master’s Program Advisor

Brian Ma will discuss his own job search after graduating from CSE. Tam Armstrong, another CSE alum, will discuss what his company looks for in employees.  Ben Mercer and Joni Kimzey will discuss how recruiting works within their large and small companies.

The panel is meant to be general — the represented companies may certainly provide some level of self-promotion, their focus will be on providing a peek inside the recruiting process so the students will know how to best prepare. We encourage you to attend even if you’re not considering employment at these specific companies!

Our moderator, Dave Rispoli, is the PMP adviser. He’ll be helping out with other ugrad career events.

Hi everyone,

TalentSpring will be hosting a tech talk tonight in the Atrium from 5:30 – 7:30.

This will be one of the last employers to come speak to us for the school year, so please take advantage of this great opportunity to get that summer internship you’ve been looking for.

See you there!

Your Friendly ACM Officers

The Ames Robotics Academy (RoboAcad) is a paid summer internship program
at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, for undergraduate and
graduate students interested in robotics. I participated last year, and
had a great time working on many practical projects including a LINUX
based robot controller for a lunar rover prototype. This is definitely a
educational internship with real projects, not a go get coffee for the
boss sort of thing. While the relativity simple application should be
submitted as soon as possible the final deadline is May 1, 2009. If you
are interested please visit the website:

http://robotics.nasa.gov/RoboAcad/

Thanks for your time,

Andrew Pilloud

Ed wants everyone to know that Yahoo! is still looking for interns – specifically a QA Engineer for Yahoo! Mail. Please contact Tak Yin Wang directly. Contact info and job details are below. (more…)

Are you interested in finding out what it’s like to be a software engineer at a top 50 website?  WhitePages is right here in your backyard, and we’re inviting you to come to lunch and find out!  We’ll have a few of our developers on hand to tell you about “a day in the life,” and to answer your questions about working for one of Seattle’s top tech companies.

Space is limited on a first come, first served basis, so if you are interested, respond today!  Email Meredith Turner at mturner@whitepages.com.  You will receive a confirmation for your attendance. (more…)

Apple Tech Talk
Thursday, 2/5/2009
5:30 PM – 7 PM
CSE Atrium

Your friendly ACM officers will see you there!