Ja Rule release from prison

The Us well known rapper Ja Rule who attempted illegal gun possession and tax evasion, has been release after spending almost two years in the prison . Ja Rule was released from Ray Brook Federal Prison in New York today Tuesday May 6th but will remain on home confinement until July 28th.

Ja Rule was sentenced to two years in prison for attempted criminal possession of a weapon and 28 months for tax evasion. He served both sentences concurrently.

No Biometric Problem Solve.

Goodnews, jamb has decided to release the result of candidate that was withheld because of no biometric verification with effect from monday. Jamb official after their analysis and verification has say that candidate who were unable to check their result because of no biometric verification can check their result from monday.

Shit recruiters say

Just today, I got my 1,000th recruiter email in the last ~4 years. I know this is the number because I'm slightly obsessed with organization and have added a specific label to each and every recruiter email I've gotten in my gmail account. Let's see: 365 days per year, minus 104 weekend days and, say, 10 vacation days, gives us roughly 250 working days per year.

That means that, on average, 1 recruiter emails me every single business day [1].

There are a few take aways from this:
  1. Being a software engineer is awesome [2]. We don't apply to jobs, they apply to us. 
  2. If you are a recruiter, you're up against some serious competition.
  3. I've seen recruiter emails from every tech company you can think of. Some are comically bad.
In this blog post, I'm going to share snippets from a few of the bad ones. Enjoy!



[1] This doesn't even include the sketchy recruiters who track down my phone number and call me. If you do this, everything you say is shit.

[2] I suspect that if kids had any idea how amazing it is to be a programmer in Silicon Valley, all of the problems US schools have with math and science would vanish overnight.






Subject: Follow up

Hi Yevgeniy,

I’m not assuming you’re looking for a new roll right now but I wanted to follow up and gather your feedback.


Wrong! I could totally go for some sushi.





Subject: Opportunities at XXX

Hi Yevgeniy,

[...]

We are challenged every day, moving very quickly, and recruit only rock stars.


Man, I really wish I could join your band.




Subject: Quick question (Developer opportunities)

Yevgeniy,

Good day. Hope all is well.

I am reaching out to you because of the recent severe reorg and layoffs at your company I read about.


Wow, that escalated quickly.





Subject: Hello from XXX

Hello <name>,

My name is XXX -- I'm the Director, Engineering of the Growth Team at XXX.


Yes, this email literally said <name>. Umm, no thanks <company>.




Subject: Full time Scala opportunity

Hi Yevgeniy,

Currently, we are looking for an, "Engineer" to help deliver a range of new products. High-performance, high-scalability, high-traffic, heavy Scala, etc. Any interest in having a casual chat about this role...a few minutes...you have an interesting background?


This email from a, "recruiter", has, an interesting... way, with words?




Subject: principal java software engineer


Hi Yevgeniy,

happy valentine's day!
hope this new year has provided time for some fun activities.
our family started off the new year attending a terrific concert a couple of weeks ago. the performance reinforced the experience of music as a true combination of four creative forces (composer, conductor, musician and audience) in communicating ideas, thoughts & feeling. we were fortunate to hear pieces from Wagner, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Leonard Bernstein to Holst. an awesome introduction to the symphony for kids!

if you might have time for a quick chat, i'd like to share a principal-level swe opportunity:



Worst valentines day card ever.




Subject: looking for a great technical dev manager!


Hi Yevgeniy,

I think this role may not be exactly up your ally, but I am hoping you can recommend some great folks for us!



I don't want anything up my ally, thank you.




Subject: Getting back in touch. Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia portfolio companies.

The portfolio company that I'm most excited about is financed by Greylock and Reid Hoffman who founded PayPal and LinkedIn, which as you know is one of the high-profile IPOs of 2011.


Ah, yes, Link-ed-in... I may have heard of it.





Subject: Stealth startup

[..]
The service will be disruptive and impact billions of technology users.


Billions!





2013 JAMB CUT OFF MARK FOR SOME HIGHER INSTITUTION.

Nigerian tertiary institutions and their Jamb UTME cut-off marks for 2013/2014
Following the release of results for the just-written Jamb UTME exams, these are the cut-off marks for the various tertiary institutions across the country.
=> University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT: 200 and above for Dentistry,Pharmacy, Engineering (except Civil & Environmental Engineering), Management Sciences,Medicine,Nursing and Social Sciences; 180and above for others are invited to a Screening Exercise First Choice and Second Choice.
=> Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NAU/UNIZIK: 180 Arts (except Departments of English & History )and Education 200 for others
=> Federal University of Technology Owerri, FUTO: 180 First and Second Choice.
=> University of Ibadan UI: 200 First and Second Choice Most preferred
=> University of Lagos Unilag: 200 all courses, First Choice only
=> University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN: 200 all courses; first and second Choice.
=> Obafemi Awolowo University OAU: 200; first and second choice =
> Nnamdi Azikiwe University,NAU/ UNIZIK: 180 Arts (except Departments of English & History)and Education and 200 for others; first choice only.
=> University of Ilorin, Unilorin: – (i) 200 UTME for courses otherthan those listed in (5) O level Credits at not more than two sittings. (ii) 220 UTME for Accounting, Biochemistry, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Common Law, Economics, English, Electrical Engineering, Finance, Geology, Industrial Chemistry, Mass Communication, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology, Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine & (5) O level Credits at not more than two sittings. (iii) MB;BS candidates who obtained: (a) 240 marks in the UTME and (b) Credit Passes at one sitting only in the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination or its equivalence in each of the following subjects: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
=> University of Ado- Ekiti: 200;First and second choice
=> University of Benin, UNIBEN 200; first choice only
=> Ahmadu Bello University (ABU),Zaria: 180 for Science based courses and 190 for Arts, Social Science, Law and Administration; first choice only
=> Usmanu Danfodiyo University,Soko to: 180; First and second choice
=> Federal University of Technology, Akure FUTA: 200; first and second choice
=> University of Uyo, Uniuyo: 180;first choice only
=> University of Calabar Unical:180 for some courses and 200for others
=> University of Agriculture, Abeokuta UNAAB – 180
=> University of Jos UNIJOS: 180;first and second choice
=> Lagos State University LASU:200; first and second choice
=> Niger Delta University NDU: 180;first choice only
=> TAI Solarin University of Education TASUED: 180 first choice only and change of course
=> Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna: (i) 220for School of Engineering and Engineering Technology and Environmental Technology (ii) 200 for School of Environmental Technology and School of Science and Science Education (iii) 190 for School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology and School of Science and Science Education.
=> Federal University Dutsin-Ma,Katsi na: 180; first choice only
=> Federal University Oye-Ekiti:180; first and second choice => Federal University of Wukari,Taraba State: 180 in theSciences and 190 in the hmanities and Social Sciences; first and second choice.
=> Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State: 180; first and second choice. => Ebonyi State University EBSU:180; first and second choice
=> Osun State University (UNIOSUN): 180 for Agriculture,Edu cation and Arts (Humanities and Culture) and 200 for the rest; First and second choice.
=> Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun: 180; first and second choice
=> Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike; 180; first and second choice. => Anambra State University; 180;first and second choice.
=> Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma: 180; first choice only
=> Kwara State University KWASU:200; first and second choice and changing of courses.
=> Afe Babalola University (ABUAD): No official cut-off mark.
=> Benson Idahosa University: No official cut- off mark.
=> Bells University of Technology,Ota: No cut- off mark, as long as you chose or wish to change course.
=> Kaduna State University, KASU:180 UTME cutoff (first choice only)
=> Imo State University IMSU: now Evan Enwerem University EEU : 180
=> Enugu State University of Science Tech – 180
=> Adekunle Ajasin University: 200
=> Rivers State University of Science and Technology,RSUS T:180 (1st choice only)
=> Delta State University, Abraka,DELSU: 180
=> Abia State University, Uturu,ABSUU: 180
=> University of Maiduguri, UniMaid: 180
=> Kogi State University, KSU: 180
=>Polytechnics and Colleges of Education 2012/2013 JAMB-UTME Cut-off mark List
=> Yaba College of Technology,Yaba Tech: 160
=> Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi: 180;most preferred, more preferred or preferred
=> Polytechnic Ibadan: No cut-off mark
Best of luck, Jambites!