Published by Joe Bolte October 20th, 2005
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I now have a resume [PDF]. The good news is that it’s done, barring any typos or things better said differently. The bad news is that now I have to start sending it to people.
Following a suggestion from Mercedes, I listed jobs thematically, rather than chronologically. This really helps put the two or three best things at the top where the boss will see them, since I can change the order of the categories very easily. Right now, research is at the top, because it has the most impressive desciptions, but if I apply for a teaching or sales job, I can switch it up.
Published by Joe Bolte October 10th, 2005
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The first version of a utility I created for my job is up. It finds the zeros (or roots, or x-intercepts) for whatever function you enter, based on some guesses the users enters by hand, or by just testing at regular intervals. It’s particularly good at finding zeros for transcendental functions, which Mathematica can only find one at a time, and not very reliably. If you’re still interested, take a look at the utility’s dedicated page, and remember:
JOEBOLTE.COM — For All Your Transcendental Root-Finding Needs
Published by Joe Bolte October 10th, 2005
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I am done with my job, and starting a very long vacation. In the end, Felipe and I didn’t find anything that seemed worthy of publishing, so it looks like I won’t get my name on any more papers. This was disappointing, but it doesn’t mean that my time was wasted at work over the last three months. I learned a lot about programming using C and Mathematica, and my Spanish is a lot better. I did even create something that’s potentially useful, for Felipe in his daily work and perhaps for other people. I’ll make a separate post about this.
(Update: The Semi-Automatic Transcendental Root-Finder is published on its own page.)
So I packed up all my stuff and hopped on a bus to Buenos Aires, Argentina. It’s a world-class city of 12 million people, on the north part of Argentina’s coast. I am writing this post from my friend Ren’s posh apartment in the near Western suburbs. She has a patio and a grill. Every day I spend here pushes back my departure date by two. More later if I have some time. I haven’t seen a cloud since I got here…
