What is STEM? Stem stands for science, technology, engineering and math. It’s a term to encompass. A STEM job is a job that refers to any one of these fields. Science jobs consist of its many branches such as biology, chemistry, medical science, physics, computer science, psychology and social sciences. Those jobs can…

This is a story about how I got lost my job in 5 hours. A story in 2 images.

Lets get under the hood In this day and age, most people, or anyone reading this, is somewhat familiar with a web browser, an application that allows a user to “surf” the web. But, what is really going on behind it all? It it just magic? I’m sure for many it seems to be at…

What is IoT? IoT. I’m sure you’ve heard of it, but you’re probably not aware of it. Even as you are unaware of it, it is quite literally everywhere. In your home, in your workplace, in your favorite recreational spaces. It’s present during your commutes, while you drive, while you cook, even while…

Recursion is a tricky subject to new programmers. It is a concept I struggled to understand during my introduction to the programming world. As a mathematician friend explained to me, its similar to that of a “dream within a dream”. …

Object oriented programming is one of the most popular programming paradigms of the modern day with languages like C++, Javascript, and Python. It focuses mainly on classes and objects. Let’s focus on object. What is id and type? Simply put, id and type are built-in Python functions that return the identifier and type of an…

What is a dynamic library? A dynamic library is a way of combining functions into a shared library in a manner that they are not included within a programs executable and are instead only accessed while it is executed. This allows programs to be shrunken down due to the amount of storage that can be…

What happens when you type “ls -l *.c” in a shell? Basics of shell So our shell goes through a few process in order to run. Shell takes inputs from standard input, parses them, and then passes them to the kernel to be executed. The prompt First we create an infinite loop in order to…

Why use a library? Simply put, every time your program calls upon a function, that function code is compiled with your executable every time that function is called, but if you were to use a library, the compiler would only need to call on that library once near the end of compilation. …