Ken Bloom

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bio	website	iit.edu/~kbloom1
	location	Chicago, IL
	age	29
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A PhD student in Computer Science, working on natural language processing.

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27	Should a programmer know Linux?
15	Is an 'if password == XXXXXXX' enough for minimum security?
13	Would a language which doesn't allow comments yield more readable code?
9	What “version naming convention” do you use?
6	Is OO-programming really as important as hiring companies place it?

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+20	Are there advantages to using a DVCS for a solo developer?
+20	Tools every graduate student should know?
+10	I'm a Subversion geek, why I should consider or not consider Mercurial or Git or any other DVCS?
+10	Is it worth it to learn some programming before college?

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19	Ruby but not Rails on my Resume

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27 web-development	9 dvcs × 3
15 validation	9 development-process
15 security	9 naming
15 passwords	9 versioning

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