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Afni – Scam?

I got a letter in the mail on Saturday from a company named Afni, Inc., a debt collection company. This letter informed me that my debt of $188 to DirecTV was being collected by them. Of course, I’ve never had any dealings with DirecTV (aside from interviewing for a job there a couple of years [...]

Graduated

So, Sunday was my college graduation. I’m now a college graduate. Wow, that’s weird to write. If you’re curious about we details, I hold a Bacheleor of Science in Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College with overall academic distinction and with departmental honors in two departments. Woo. It’s really weird to be done. I keep [...]

Job Search: Complete

This post is a follow-up to Real Life Update Well, it was brief but exhausting. My job search has now come to a close. I interviewed at a large number of companies, got offers from a smaller number, and accepted an offer from Yelp. I’ll be starting in June on the Infrastructure team, doing something [...]

Real Life Update

I’m about to finish my second-to-last semester of college. That in and of itself is perhaps a somewhat stunning thing to think about. Equally important, of course, is the question of what I’ll do once I leave. I’ve been interviewing with a half-dozen companies, and just got back the other day from a trip up [...]

Newport Folk Festival

I spent Saturday at the 50th Newport Folk Festival, and it was excellent. Some of the highlights? Well, let’s see… I saw Iron & Wine, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes… the list goes on. Aside from a little bit of sunburn and a lighter wallet thanks to having my chair set up perilously close to the [...]