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Monthly Archives: January 2014

LoJack solutions

January 23, 2014 · by Dan | in Management, Performance | tagged known knowns, lojack, problem solving, the club | 1 Comment

It turns out, car theft is a bulk business. There’s a whole ecosystem around it – the thief, the chop shop, the fences, the salvage yard – there can be a lot of people involved, which means that the individual profit is smaller than you’d think. And so, professional car thieves have to work in […]

Getting the most out of your internship

January 20, 2014 · by Dan | in Interviewing, Performance | tagged career advice, intern, internships | 1 Comment

Intern interview season is upon us, and last Friday I had the opportunity to sit on a panel discussing how to maximize the value of an internship. There were a couple of points I thought were interesting, and so I share them here for your reading pleasure. Why we intern In my mind, there are […]

Favorite Mistakes

January 13, 2014 · by Dan | in Coding, Personal | tagged bone-headed, bugs, segfault | Leave a comment

When I was 8 years old, I remember having a friend over to dinner one fateful night. Sometime during the course of the meal, someone told a funny joke, and I burst out with an explosive laugh – which wouldn’t have been a big deal, except that my mouth was full of milk. My parents […]

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