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One of the most recent updates to the iPhone, and more specifically the operating system that is packaged with the iPhone, iOS, brought one of the most fantastic and phenomenal updates ever: an update to Maps. Maps has been used as an application that provides an easy way to find routes, and (obviously) maps about certain areas, businesses in the local vicinity, and also leaving pins on favorited locations, or pins where you have explored, and for many other reasons. However, although Maps has always been a great way to travel with, it has always been redundant to travel with, also. When you used Maps a while ago, you had to route your map, and then manually click each next button as you reached each turn or freeway exit, and the like. So, if you had to turn left on a certain street, you had to tell your phone you had done so, so it would give you the next directions. As a result, it could become very dangerous to always have your phone out, looking at it, while you are on a high-speed freeway. But, the newest update solved that, and brought a great amount of new features.
Using Maps GPS
Using Maps is as easy as it gets. Most of the time, when you are using Maps, you are using it to search for a location, and finding a way to get there. To start off, let’s search for the nearest mall, and routes to get there. Simply search a nearby mall you know about, or search the general word “mall” by tapping on the top text box, and typing in mall, and searching. Pins will drop down on the screen, and locating the mall by zooming into certain streets and locations will help you find the mall you want. Once you find the mall you desire to go to, click on the blue arrow, and scroll down, and tap on the button that says “Directions To Here.”
As a result of tapping on that particular button, a new window should show up asking where your starting location is. On default, this location is your current location; if it is anything else, simply type in the starting location into the top address bar, such as your house. Once you are ready to go, tap on route, and you should be ready to go. Well, not exactly. One of the best features that has been implemented in the new system is suggested routes, and alternative routes. If you don’t like to drive on certain streets, or roads, the system provides you with different methods to get to your destination, which may avoid a road you don’t feel like driving on that certain day, or time, or you simply don’t want to take the freeway. It’s all okay, as Maps provides you with many different routes to take. Once you find the route you want (by tapping on the certain route’s outline), click start, and you should be ready to go. Make sure you turn up your volume so you can hear the directions!
Maps for Alternative Transportation
Many individuals are looking to break into a video game designing career, and it's no surprise. A $9 billion industry, the video game designing business has appeal to gamers and non-gamers alike. High salaries and high rates of job satisfaction are typical in the field.
In order to design video games, however, you need a certain skill set. Computer programming is first on the list. While games are made using almost all languages, the most popular programming language for video games is C++, because of its object-oriented nature and because it compiles to binary. The next most popular languages for games are C and Java, but others such as C# and assembly language are also used. A strong background in math is usually required to learn these languages. Individuals wishing to design games should also have an extensive knowledge of both PCs and Macs.
There are many colleges and universities that offer classes not only in programming but also classes specifically on game design. Some of these schools have alliances with game developing companies, leading to jobs for students upon graduation. Programming video games can be lucrative. The average game designer's salary is $62,500, with $55,000 at the low end and $85,000 at the high end.
Programmers are not the only individuals needed to make a video game, however. There are multiple career paths within the gaming industry, including specialists in audio, design, production, visual arts and business.
Designing a video game can be an long, expensive process. The average budget for a modern multiplatform video game is $18-$28 million, with some high-profile games costing as much as $40 million. Making the game, from conception to sale, can take several months to several years. Some games have taken a notoriously long time to make; for example, 3D Realms' Duke Nukem Forever was announced in April 1997 and did not make it to shelves until July 2011.
Video game programmers have a high level of job satisfaction. In a March 2013 survey conducted by Game Developer magazine, 29 percent of game programmers were very satisfied with their jobs, and 39 percent were somewhat satisfied.
If you're interested in a game development career, now's the time to get moving. Take advantage of the many online resources available regarding these careers and start learning right away.
Millions of people experienced the frustration and failures of the Obamacare website when it first launched. Because the code for the back end is not open source, the exact technicalities of the initial failings are tricky to determine. Many curious programmers and web designers have had time to examine the open source coding on the front end, however, leading to reasonable conclusions about the nature of the overall difficulties.
Lack of End to End Collaboration
The website was developed with multiple contractors for the front-end and back-end functions. The site also needed to be integrated with insurance companies, IRS servers, Homeland Security servers, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, all of whom had their own legacy systems. The large number of parties involved and the complex nature of the various components naturally complicated the testing and integration of each portion of the project.
The errors displayed, and occasionally the lack thereof, indicated an absence of coordination between the parties developing the separate components. A failed sign up attempt, for instance, often resulted in a page that displayed the header but had no content or failure message. A look at end user requests revealed that the database was unavailable. Clearly, the coding for the front end did not include errors for failures on the back end.
Bloat and the Abundance of Minor Issues
Obviously, numerous bugs were also an issue. The system required users to create passwords that included numbers, for example, but failed to disclose that on the form and in subsequent failure messages, leaving users baffled. In another issue, one of the pages intended to ask users to please wait or call instead, but the message and the phone information were accidentally commented out in the code.
While the front-end design has been cleared of blame for the most serious failures, bloat in the code did contribute to the early difficulties users experienced. The site design was heavy with Javascript and CSS files, and it was peppered with small coding errors that became particularly troublesome when users faced bottlenecks in traffic. Frequent typos throughout the code proved to be an additional embarrassment and were another indication of a troubled development process.
NoSQL Database
The NoSQL database is intended to allow for scalability and flexibility in the architecture of projects that will use it. This made NoSQL a logical choice for the health insurance exchange website. The newness of the technology, however, means personnel with expertise can be elusive. Database-related missteps were more likely the result of a lack of experienced administrators than with the technology itself. The choice of the NoSQL database was thus another complication in the development, but did not itself cause the failures.
Another factor of consequence is that the website was built with both agile and waterfall methodology elements. With agile methods for the front end and the waterfall methodology for the back end, streamlining was naturally going to suffer further difficulties. The disparate contractors, varied methods of software development, and an unrealistically short project time line all contributed to the coding failures of the website.
The job market is extremely tight these days, with several qualified workers being available for each empty position. That means that should you find yourself looking for work, for whatever reason, you need to make sure your interview skills are up to snuff. We will be taking a look at a variety of different tips that will help ensure your success during the interview process, including how to make sure your employers know about your C training experience. Here are some others:
- Do your own research in advance – Before you even step through the doorway to initiate the application process with a company, you should already know quite a bit about it. Investigate the corporate culture, speak with contacts who have experience with the firm, or search online; however you do it, having as much information as possible can really help you get an advantage during the hiring process. If you have specific experience, such as C training, that is of exceptional value to the firm you are applying to you can market yourself more effectively to the hiring agent.
- Dress Appropriately – In a perfect world, programming skill and experience such as C training should be the only factors in consideration when looking at a prospective hire; in real life this is often not the case. Don’t miss out because you gave a bad impression to someone, and strive to look your absolute best during your job interview. It is unfortunate, but the IT industry in particular tends to have a reputation for lacking in this department, so breaking the mold can be of great benefit to you.
- Be ready to interview at all times – You may be surprised how often job candidates are asked to participate in an off-the-cuff phone interview on the spot. Same-day in person interviews also are rising in popularity. Make sure you are always able to respond quickly if these situations come up and you get a fast interview. Memorize a few points in advance you can use to pump yourself up, such as an anecdote about your C training or other particular skills you may possess.
Job interviews are notoriously stressful for many people. Using simple tips like these can help you to prepare in advance for situations you may encounter during the interview process, and help you ultimately secure that new job. Make sure to emphasize whatever makes you special as an individual, such as your extensive C training.
Tech Life in Texas
Company Name | City | Industry | Secondary Industry |
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Dr Pepper Snapple Group | Plano | Manufacturing | Nonalcoholic Beverages |
Western Refining, Inc. | El Paso | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
Frontier Oil Corporation | Dallas | Manufacturing | Chemicals and Petrochemicals |
ConocoPhillips | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
Dell Inc | Round Rock | Computers and Electronics | Computers, Parts and Repair |
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. | Houston | Transportation and Storage | Transportation & Storage Other |
GameStop Corp. | Grapevine | Retail | Retail Other |
Fluor Corporation | Irving | Business Services | Management Consulting |
Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Irving | Manufacturing | Paper and Paper Products |
Exxon Mobil Corporation | Irving | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
Cameron International Corporation | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Energy and Utilities Other |
Celanese Corporation | Irving | Manufacturing | Chemicals and Petrochemicals |
HollyFrontier Corporation | Dallas | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Gas and Electric Utilities |
Marathon Oil Corporation | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
United Services Automobile Association | San Antonio | Financial Services | Personal Financial Planning and Private Banking |
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. | Plano | Retail | Department Stores |
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. | Dallas | Energy and Utilities | Energy and Utilities Other |
Atmos Energy Corporation | Dallas | Energy and Utilities | Alternative Energy Sources |
National Oilwell Varco Inc. | Houston | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Other |
Tesoro Corporation | San Antonio | Manufacturing | Chemicals and Petrochemicals |
Halliburton Company | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Energy and Utilities Other |
Flowserve Corporation | Irving | Manufacturing | Tools, Hardware and Light Machinery |
Commercial Metals Company | Irving | Manufacturing | Metals Manufacturing |
EOG Resources, Inc. | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
Whole Foods Market, Inc. | Austin | Retail | Grocery and Specialty Food Stores |
Waste Management, Inc. | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Waste Management and Recycling |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Gas and Electric Utilities |
Valero Energy Corporation | San Antonio | Manufacturing | Chemicals and Petrochemicals |
FMC Technologies, Inc. | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Alternative Energy Sources |
Calpine Corporation | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Gas and Electric Utilities |
Texas Instruments Incorporated | Dallas | Computers and Electronics | Semiconductor and Microchip Manufacturing |
SYSCO Corporation | Houston | Wholesale and Distribution | Grocery and Food Wholesalers |
BNSF Railway Company | Fort Worth | Transportation and Storage | Freight Hauling (Rail and Truck) |
Affiliated Computer Services, Incorporated (ACS), a Xerox Company | Dallas | Software and Internet | E-commerce and Internet Businesses |
Tenet Healthcare Corporation | Dallas | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech | Hospitals |
XTO Energy Inc. | Fort Worth | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
Group 1 Automotive | Houston | Retail | Automobile Dealers |
ATandT | Dallas | Telecommunications | Telephone Service Providers and Carriers |
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | Spring | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
Apache Corporation | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
Dean Foods Company | Dallas | Manufacturing | Food and Dairy Product Manufacturing and Packaging |
American Airlines | Fort Worth | Travel, Recreation and Leisure | Passenger Airlines |
Baker Hughes Incorporated | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
Continental Airlines, Inc. | Houston | Travel, Recreation and Leisure | Passenger Airlines |
RadioShack Corporation | Fort Worth | Computers and Electronics | Consumer Electronics, Parts and Repair |
KBR, Inc. | Houston | Government | International Bodies and Organizations |
Spectra Energy Partners, L.P. | Houston | Energy and Utilities | Gas and Electric Utilities |
Energy Future Holdings | Dallas | Energy and Utilities | Energy and Utilities Other |
Southwest Airlines Corporation | Dallas | Transportation and Storage | Air Couriers and Cargo Services |
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The Hartmann Software Group understands these issues and addresses them and others during any training engagement. Although no IT educational institution can guarantee career or application development success, HSG can get you closer to your goals at a far faster rate than self paced learning and, arguably, than the competition. Here are the reasons why we are so successful at teaching:
- Learn from the experts.
- We have provided software development and other IT related training to many major corporations in Texas since 2002.
- Our educators have years of consulting and training experience; moreover, we require each trainer to have cross-discipline expertise i.e. be Java and .NET experts so that you get a broad understanding of how industry wide experts work and think.
- Discover tips and tricks about Agile/Scrum programming
- Get your questions answered by easy to follow, organized Agile/Scrum experts
- Get up to speed with vital Agile/Scrum programming tools
- Save on travel expenses by learning right from your desk or home office. Enroll in an online instructor led class. Nearly all of our classes are offered in this way.
- Prepare to hit the ground running for a new job or a new position
- See the big picture and have the instructor fill in the gaps
- We teach with sophisticated learning tools and provide excellent supporting course material
- Books and course material are provided in advance
- Get a book of your choice from the HSG Store as a gift from us when you register for a class
- Gain a lot of practical skills in a short amount of time
- We teach what we know…software
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