What I Learned - 21

Apologies for making this late!  However, there's some big news at the bottom of the article...

What I Learned - 12/8 to 12/14

1. Getting an interviewer to agree that a question applies to a position is an effective technique.
1. Success Patterns LLC; Word-for-Word Job Interview Answers to Use to Get Hired
2. No valid reason exists to not use version control when programming.
1. Edward Guiness; Ace the Programming Interview: 160 Questions and Answers for Success, pg. 358
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3. Hard-coding numbers without an explanation is, well, just wrong.
1. Edward Guiness; Ace the Programming Interview: 160 Questions and Answers for Success, pg. 367
4. Hash tables are a saving grace for many programming projects with elements of uncertainty.
1. Edward Guiness; Ace the Programming Interview: 160 Questions and Answers for Success
5. Games cost 30 times more to make now than they did during the Playstation era.
1. J. F. Sargent, Dave Williams; 5 Reasons the Video Game Industry is About to Crash
6. Making a game just about destroying a city with great graphics and physics would be kinda cool.
1. J. F. Sargent, Dave Williams; 5 Reasons the Video Game Industry is About to Crash
2. Who hasn't destroyed a SIM City or blown something up for the heck of it?
7. Hashtables are great in programming, but Dictionaries are even better!
1. Sam Allen; C# Dictionary

Moving to Wisconsin!  There's been an absolutely fantastic offer that, well, would be foolish to refuse.  It's at Epic, the nation's top electronic health records company with one of the best employee bases of any organization.  There's no telling what will come in the next few weeks, but please stay tuned!