http://www.jobster.com/at/person/show/30265?hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/assets/images/jobster/logos/rss_logo.gif http://www.jobster.com/at/person/show/30265?hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:02:48 GMT Most recently updated answers by Benjamin Turner http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24802?answer_class=AnswerBase My friend Robert almost always seems to wear shorts & sandals. Perhaps he just wants to be ready if the sun happens to appear through Seattle's gray skies.... Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:02:48 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24802?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24804?answer_class=AnswerBase Folks from my team go kayaking on Lake Washington almost every weekend during the summer. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:02:47 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24804?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24803?answer_class=AnswerBase The Monitoring Team (aka Performance) was full of smart, supportive, and helpful people. The folks were great about training both within and outside the group. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:02:47 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24803?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132426?answer_class=AnswerBase At Amazon, I re-built the Your Account Order History, Order Details, and Edit Order features for Amazon and partner websites, paying special attention to performance and security issues. When I moved the Performance/Monitoring team, I developed a new hardware/software monitoring portal for Amazon engineers, incorporating multiple types of visualization techniques for keeping tabs on the many thousands of data streams regarding performance, reliability, etc. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:02:36 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132426?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/133138?answer_class=AnswerBase I really wanted to stretch myself and learn some new technologies, and Jobster recognized that even though I didn't know their technologies yet, I was still worth hiring because they trusted that I could get up to speed quickly. Too many companies only hire people for things they already know, but many engineers really want to do new things.... Fri, 18 May 2007 19:09:54 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/133138?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/133136?answer_class=AnswerBase The team, the team's approach to solving problems in the job search/candidate search space, and the view of Elliott Bay from our office. Fri, 18 May 2007 19:07:03 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/133136?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132448?answer_class=AnswerBase At USF, I majored in Computer Science, with minors in Math and English Literature. I worked for the school's weekly newspaper, The Foghorn, served on the student body's Judicial Board, participated in several singing groups on campus, and worked for the University's computer labs and the graphic design center. Thu, 17 May 2007 16:51:07 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132448?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132429?answer_class=AnswerBase I currently work on Jobster's public website, adding features related to customer and company profiles. I've also worked on Jobster's recruiter application, which provides tools for recruiters at other companies to help them track potential candidates. Thu, 17 May 2007 16:31:15 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132429?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132427?answer_class=AnswerBase I worked for Apple's build and release department, which ensured that all software built by Apple had its source code and build tools documented and archived. I also worked on tools for breaking down Apple's domestic software installers and turning them into internationalized software installation packages. Thu, 17 May 2007 16:28:46 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132427?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132420?answer_class=AnswerBase At WhoWhere, I extended the company's personal home page building software (used by many partners to offer their visitors ways to build their own home pages). I also built a new central registration and profile management front-end that unified all of Lycos' properties under a single sign-on and registration system. I built a new email address book application, including a general application framework supporting multiple brands and multiple languages (we implemented Spanish and English). I was also responsible for writing a reliable messaging receiver for information about what products our customers had purchased via a remote purchasing application and update our local database with this information in a fully automated way. Thu, 17 May 2007 16:24:45 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132420?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24843?answer_class=AnswerBase Play soccer, hang out for happy hour at a local pub, walk the dogs. Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:49:57 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24843?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24842?answer_class=AnswerBase More than half my team were avid bicyclists, so quite a few of them would arrive at work in biking gear. Of course, most of them would change into normal clothes (ranging from slacks to t-shirts) -- except for one of our lead developers, who seemed to simply live in his bike shorts.... Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:46:11 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24842?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24805?answer_class=AnswerBase A friend was interviewing there, and offered to drop off my resume as well. My friend wound up turning down the Apple's offer in favor of a gig at Disney. And now Steve Jobs is part of both companies.... Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:26:29 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/24805?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/349386?answer_class=AnswerBase I'm on Facebook, but the onslaught of news about people adding or using applications that I don't care about is driving me away. Myspace is such a train wreck of design and usability that causes me to brace myself every time I click on someone's myspace link -- if I click on the link at all.... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:08:58 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/349386?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/209715?answer_class=AnswerBase Endow some sort of international service scholarship. Thu, 17 May 2007 16:57:19 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/209715?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/209714?answer_class=AnswerBase There's a reason I live/work in Seattle -- I love it here. Other cities that I think I'd also enjoy include Portland, OR; Vancouver, B.C.; Brussels, Belgium Thu, 17 May 2007 16:54:01 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/209714?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/186841?answer_class=AnswerBase Architect or Author Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:25:26 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/186841?answer_class=AnswerBase