(Part 3) Top products from r/Purdue

Sure! So I assume your interest lies in getting more money. Whether that means saving more money, maximizing the value of your money, having more money for retirement, or you just want more money in general (Ferraris ain't cheap amirite?)

Anyways, most classes like this one will give you a classic look at finances taken from a fairly middle class view. By and hold some mutual funds, work your way up into job security, etc. If you want to do that kind of thing then simply work out a budget, save money when you can, and invest in some index fund-syle mutual funds. But for me, that isn't enough. I prefer to work towards financial freedom rather than security.

Step 1: Mindset (books in order)

1. Rich Dad, Poor Dad - This will give you a whole new perspective on your finances and financial situation. You are at a great time in your life to learn this. It's cheap and a quick easy read. http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Robert-Kiyosaki-ebook/dp/B004XZR63M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394210870&sr=8-1&keywords=rich+dad+poor+dad
   
   
2. Rich Dad, Poor Dad Cashflow Quadrant - If the first book is an introduction, then this book is inspiration. It brings you down to earth on your finances. Not as fun as reading the first book, but very important. http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dads-CASHFLOW-Quadrant-Financial/dp/1612680054/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394210966&sr=8-1&keywords=rich+dad+poor+dad+cashflow+quadrant
   
   
3. Richest Man in Babylon - A classic personal finance book. Short, packed with great lessons to live by. http://www.amazon.com/Richest-Man-Babylon-George-Clason-ebook/dp/B000ZH1GEC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394211142&sr=1-1&keywords=richest+man+in+babylon
   
   Those 3 books are great starters. You'll start thinking differently about money, and in turn your actions will start to change as well. They will also introduce you to ideas about making your money work for you. So then the question is, how do you want your money to work for you?
   
   There are several avenues to investigate. I personally trade stocks. The redditers in the personal finance section seem to push people towards investing rather than trading, and indeed you can make some conservative gains that way. But again, I want my money working aggressively for me. Anyways, read those first few books and see what you think. From there, if you are interested in good stock trading books let me know.
   
   Again you are at a great time in your life to start doing this. I'm assuming you have at least 40 odd years until retirement, may as well see what you're capable of!

No. It's pretty much an IDE like intelliJ, but inside your browser.

You can take a CS class here or you can take courses through code academy, Khan academy, etc. Personally I don't like either, but the options are there.

However, there are a ton of YouTube videos to get you started most notably Thenewboston. IMO his tutorial are the best and he starts from the very beginning and teaches you all the way to intermediate topics. In my opinion this would be the best way to learn. He has videos for other languages too as well as tutorial for so many other programs and what not.

Another good source would be this book. I have it and it holds your hand as it explains basic concepts like data types, various methods, arrays and other important parts of java.

Of course you could start by learning a different language like python, but java is a pretty easy language to learn and if you learn it, other languages will come pretty easily.

Best of luck!

Edit: I just re-read your comment and you want to learn C or Pyhon. Here is the same book, but for Python. Here are the video tutorials for Python by the same guy, and here are his tutorials for C.

Like others have said, the lack of AC is only really a problem for the first 2-3 weeks and the last week. It's best to bring a pair of box fans (like so) between yourself and your roommate and set them on the window sill blowing in.

Pros:

• Tark-Mart (Boiler Junction). Holy hell the Tark-Mart. You can literally walk to a mini-grocery store in nothing but your PJs without going outside. Want 12 packs of soda? Got it. Donuts? Got it. Frozen foods? Got it. Milk shakes? Got it. Chips? Condoms? Shampoo? Office supplies? Candy? Power Aid? THEY GOT IT.
  
• Dorm-wide WiFi. Tarkington (at least in 2012-2013) was the pilot for a WiFi implementation of ResNet. If you're too cheap for a wireless router, this'll save you some money.
  
• Excellent community. Seriously, easily one of the best, most open communities of all campus res halls. Made some great friends in my time there.
  
• The CoRec is right across the street, making for easy workouts.
  
• Wiley and Ford, the two closest dining courts (within 3 minutes of the dorm by foot) are hands down the best on campus.
  
• ~10 minute walk to the Engineering campus if you hustle.
  
  Cons:
  
  
• The AC issue is probably the largest.
  
• The building is a bit on the older side, so don't be surprised when facilities (like plumbing) choke or get dirty rapidly. Then again, it is a men's dorm.
  
• The Boiler Special will drive up Jischke and N. Stadium every Saturday morning during football season, blasting its horn and party music. It will wake you up, I guarantee it.

If you want to save some money and just want a scientific calculator, I HIGHLY recommend Casio's natural display calculator. Only $20. I've had one since junior year of high school and bought a 2nd one junior year at Purdue and never bought or used a graphing calculator.

It won't graph, but you can enter an equation and it will give you the X/Y (or in this case, X/f(X)) points in a table for you to use and graph. It can also solve definite integrals and derivatives.

The best part, though, is that it's natural display. So it will give you answers like sqrt(2), 1/3, 4pi, etc., rather than 1.6542135432468421... and you can enter in equations the same way. I think graphing calculators do this now too, but there's still the $80 difference.

Granted, I didn't do engineering, so maybe graphing will work best, but my program had the same amount of math, so I thought I would offer my 2 cents.

If you really like this stuff, I would highly recommend two textbooks:

For the communications topics, reliability, optimization etc, ditch Leon-Garcia and pick up this book by Trivedi

If you're interesting in Machine Learning like I am, then this book by Bishop is fantastic. You can find both in the Engineering library I believe.

Introduction to Linear Algebra is an excellent textbook. Strang explains things in very simple, "what's the point" terms. This is the only textbook I have ever actually enjoyed reading. There are also quite a few videos of Strang's lectures at MIT where he works out plenty of examples.

Schaum's Linear Algebra reads like an exam review: it highlights the main concepts (without the theory) and presents hundreds of worked out examples.

It really depends on the company. Most CS-Oriented companies will probably ask you questions about code, data structures, and algorithms. For these, I would recommend looking into a book called Programming Interviews Exposed. If you look hard enough, you can find a PDF online.

Other companies might ask behavioral questions. For these it would be best to recall a few teamwork or project situations you've been in and what happened. The companies that ask these questions are usually looking for answers in the STAR format (Situation/Task, Action, Result). Some examples would be "Have you ever worked with a difficult team member? How did you handle it?" or "Tell us about a time when you faced adversity in a project. How did you overcome it?"

You can definitely find tons of example interview questions by Googling around. If you interview isn't for a while, you can also go to the CCO and do a mock interview. I've never done one of those, but I'm sure they're helpful.

Ya, or you could just buy a u-bar bike lock. Like This one. They are pretty much impossible to get off without making a lot of noise (or in rare cases getting your hands on some LN2.

Do make sure to get both the frame and front wheel when you lock it up though. Front wheels are easy to remove, and people can do it just to fuck with you.

https://www.amazon.com/STABILicers-Traction-Cleat-Tread-Black/dp/B000GUCDDG/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1549859883&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=ice+shoes+grippers&dpPl=1&dpID=516Xu91YIDL&ref=plSrch

FYI to all, ice gripper shoe things exist. They’re real helpful! Shouldn’t need them for a college campus but... hey ya do what you need to

I highly recommend Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job. This has greatly helped me with the technical portion of the interview. Especially companies with difficult interviews (Microsoft, Google, Amazon, etc)

There's two versions: one is valid for one semester; one is valid forever. The lifetime version is $120.

That being said, Prof. Gabrielov sent out this email for my calc 2 class this past semester:

> I had questions from several students about WebAssign access codes provided by Cengage Learning. Here are the answers.

> The code is the same for the 7th and 8th edition of the Stewart's book.
Once you activate the code in MA 166, you lock it in for the 7th edition,
and cannot use it for the 8th edition. In the Spring 2017 semester,
MA 261 will still be using 7th edition, so your code should be valid.
Starting Fall 2017, only 8th edition will be used in Calculus classes.

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So, you might just want to buy the one-semester version.

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0970978863

In all seriousness, people may be selling them off cheaply as this semester comes to an end if you want to wait that long. Many out of state or international students won't be able to bring them back home.

From the MA 265 Homepage: http://purdue.amazon.com/dp/0558689698

Edit: Check the back of the book (past the index). It should contain the MATLAB portion. If not you'll have to buy the real thing linked above.

engineering drawing & design

This textbook and workbook was used for CHNS 101 and 102 for Spring and Fall 2018:

https://amazon.com/gp/product/7561926235/

https://amazon.com/gp/product/7561926227/

CHNS 101 went half way, while 102 finished the textbook. So if you are going for upper level chinese, you probably would need something else.

Back when I was in school, we had to lug these around

please don't use url shorteners, it tends to get caught in the spam filter. For anyone wondering, his link goes here.

Yup, easily removed with bolt cutters. Only the hard ulocks are considered decent and that is only if the locks on them have improved. If the lock cannot be easily bypassed with a ball point pen, then the only way to steal the bike is by sawing through a steel bar. These guys work fast when stealing bikes, they just use the bolt cutters, snip, and grab. It probably takes them about 10-20 seconds to steal each bike.

Next time get a hard u-lock and slip it between the frame, front tire, and bike rack.

This: http://www.amazon.com/Kryptonite-Standard-Bicycle-U-Lock-Bracket/dp/B000BS0D4Y/ref=sr_1_3?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1347115467&sr=1-3&keywords=Kryptonite+New+York+Fahgettaboutit

They also have better keys on them, not like the crappy round ones that ball point pens can bypass.