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- April 25, 2016

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Let's All Speak Pidgin Languages

- July 23, 2016

My Iranian friend usually makes the mistake of referring to a male as 'she' and vice-versa. As usual, she offers an apology (which I do not consider necessary) and corrects her mistake. She had shared with me in the past that the Persian language had no gender designation and it got me thinking about the Yoruba language as well. As we sat down over coffee yesterday with our Chinese and Indian friends, I realised how related my local Nigerian language was to theirs. One thing stood out for us - none of our local languages had any gender differentiation. 'He' or 'She' didn't exist in our languages, rather we had words to differentiate between an older person and a younger person as a sign of respect - a trait completely absent in the English language. The French language is even more complicated and interesting on the gender qualification as even things needed to be qualified as female or male. We realised that languages had their different idiosyncrasie...

Google Software Engineering Internships for MS/PhD students

- May 23, 2016

Software Engineers at Google are researchers and developers who yearn to create and implement complex computer science solutions. Google engineers develop massively scalable, distributed software systems and also collaborate on multitudes of smaller projects that have universal appeal - which requires research, awareness, interactivity, and asking questions. As a Software Engineer, you will work on core products and services as well as those who support critical functions of Google's engineering operations. Depending on your background and experience, you will be working in one of the following areas: Product and Systems Development, Engineering Productivity, Site Reliability. Internship can be taken at Seattle, WA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA Responsibilities Perform specific responsibilities which vary by project area. Qualifications Minimum qualifications: Currently pursuing a Master's or Ph.D...

What has a PhD got to do with love?

- April 03, 2016

When it comes to marriage, do the academic qualifications really matter? I have often heard some men and even women in certain circles criticize single women taking higher degrees (especially doctorates). The summary of their conversation is usually: 1. No man who is yet to attain that level of learning would be confident enough to approach a grad student 2. The ladies will probably be too proud of their achievements to settle for less academically. I believe this argument is flawed because; Not everyone desires to be married. So that lady who you are assuming to be proud might just be uninterested in the institution. Also, e veryone needs a good dose of self confidence. So as a man who is interested in a graduate student, I suggest you build up your self confidence and approach her rather than criticize a young intelligent woman for her choices. What do you think? As a man, would you mind if your wife had a higher academic qualification? Should singl...