Since I’m way too busy to provide my own today, here’s a quick link to Michael Boyle’s great roundup of last night’s StartupCampMontreal:
Last night was Montreal’s first StartupCamp, which was held at the fabulous facilities of the SAT on St-Laurent just below Ste-Catherine. It was a very well-run event that featured 5 interesting startups and a couple of great keynote speeches bracketing the startup presentations.
I had a lot of fun attending and networking with my peers. *Camps rock!
What do you do when you have an excellent idea that might be difficult for many to grok, are creative and driven? Well, if you’re anything like Chris Messina, you come up with a self interview detailing your concept.
Nothing beats taking matters in your own hands.
From “Second employee leaves job over sale of space contractor“:
For the second time in as many weeks, a satellite engineer has resigned from Canada’s leading space contractor over the company’s sale of its space division to an American weapons maker.
Ethics are a powerful force.
From “Reengineering MIS: Aligning Information Technology and Business Operations – Page 42“:
Technology Generalist
Role:
The role of the technology generalist is to provide the reengineering project participants with a high level understanding of what technology is available, a perspective on emerging technologies, and the benefits and drawbacks of the specific technologies.Responsibility:
The technology generalist is responsible for ensuring that the redesigns are technically feasible, and that all areas of emerging technologies that can be leveraged to increase thru-put and efficiency are explored. In additions, this individual works closely with the MIS Generalist to gain an understanding of how and why the existing systems are designed and architected.
Being a niche book from the mid-nineties, there is some specific terminology that could be modernized and adapted to my particular skills (web), but in spirit, this is the best definition I have ever found of what I am really all about, from a professional point of view.
For the HG2G fans out there, do note the above page number.
This will all become clearer on Monday, January 28th, 2008, but saying that I enjoy my trade would be an understatement of rather massive proportion, and I am very much looking forward to what’s to come.
:)
From the Craigslist ad:
Google is seeking excellent software engineers with a passion for building real-time 3D graphical applications. Here at Google we are always on the forefront of creating revolutionary products. If you have experience with distributed interactive user applications or real-time 3D graphics, we invite you to join our world-class engineering team!
Ready? Polish your résumé… Go!
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