I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young.
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I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa
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Apple folks: Alex has been applying to open positions at Apple, and he is willing relocate to California. But so far, he hasn’t gotten any sort of response. If you want a smart, dedicated developer who’s a fast learner, please check out his resume, which is already in your system!
@siracusa I’ve seen a lot of people hired by the fruit company. I’ve seen very few who don’t have a lot of experience. The main exceptions have been people who interned and made a good impression. Dad’s coat-tails may help, though don’t expect that hiring managers are all familiar with the Apple-adjacent independent media milieu. Best hope I would say is do a startup with a sherlockable software product, then wait for them to either acquire or hire him to Sherlock his own product.
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Also on my mind: my son may be part of the last generation of programmers to have learned to program in the days before LLMs.
@siracusa mine too!
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I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa congrats to Alex and his parents for raising such a fine young man!
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Apple folks: Alex has been applying to open positions at Apple, and he is willing relocate to California. But so far, he hasn’t gotten any sort of response. If you want a smart, dedicated developer who’s a fast learner, please check out his resume, which is already in your system!
@siracusa every time I’ve tried to hire in the last few years we’ve gotten absolutely drenched in resumes. Hundreds and hundreds pile up in Greenhouse. Going through them all with any sort of care is impossible. A significant percentage are people just feeding our job description into Claude and having it crap out the perfect resume. It’s demoralizing.
That said, if Alex sees anything interesting at https://careers.upstart.com/jobs I’m happy to submit a referral!
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I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa congrats from a WPI CS alum!
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@siracusa every time I’ve tried to hire in the last few years we’ve gotten absolutely drenched in resumes. Hundreds and hundreds pile up in Greenhouse. Going through them all with any sort of care is impossible. A significant percentage are people just feeding our job description into Claude and having it crap out the perfect resume. It’s demoralizing.
That said, if Alex sees anything interesting at https://careers.upstart.com/jobs I’m happy to submit a referral!
@Kubi I’ll have him check it out, but at a glance, I don’t see many positions that don’t require “3+ years experience” or similar. It’s tough out there for a new grad…
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I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa Rad.
First time I think I can remember reading a Siracusa byline, I was younger than him (circa 2001).
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Also on my mind: my son may be part of the last generation of programmers to have learned to program in the days before LLMs.
@siracusa The boy, mine (15) is no llm for the moment.
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Apple folks: Alex has been applying to open positions at Apple, and he is willing relocate to California. But so far, he hasn’t gotten any sort of response. If you want a smart, dedicated developer who’s a fast learner, please check out his resume, which is already in your system!
@siracusa *cough*
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I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa Congratulations. And if anything goes wrong he’ll always have his tennis to fall back on.
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I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa feeling proud of your child is the best feeling.
Congratulations!
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Apple folks: Alex has been applying to open positions at Apple, and he is willing relocate to California. But so far, he hasn’t gotten any sort of response. If you want a smart, dedicated developer who’s a fast learner, please check out his resume, which is already in your system!
@siracusa is he interested in a data science career? It’s all the fun of programming & the fun of statistics combined & very trendy with the AI/LLM people.
(I’m not hiring sadly and I also live in Ireland, but it’s worth checking out - Apple are hiring like mad as well in that area, maybe he can fix Siri ) -
I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa congratulations!
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I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa Congrats 🥳
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I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa Huge congratulations to Alex and all of you
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I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa
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Also on my mind: my son may be part of the last generation of programmers to have learned to program in the days before LLMs.
@siracusa Congrats to Alex!!
I’ve been thinking the same thing about myself having also just graduated in CS. It has been an adventure watching classes start to adjust. It’ll certainly be interesting to see how newer programmers skills differ from my own. I sure hope that I didn’t just miss an important shift in CS education. -
I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa Way to go Team Siracusa! That is no small feat, and everyone should be proud.
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I tried to introduce my son, Alex, to programming when he was young. He wasn’t interested. But he eventually found his way to it on his own. By the time Alex graduated high school, he had put his first app into the App Store.
Now, after 4 years at WPI, Alex has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Data Science, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. (Yes, he received the maximum possible grade in every undergraduate and graduate class he took in all 4 years!)
We are immensely proud of him!
️@siracusa amazing! Congratulations Alex!!!
