Vault · archived work, not current thinking
Teaching
Around the turn of the millennium, alongside the books, I built two things that have since come back as 2020s arguments: online technical courses, and the tests companies use to screen engineering candidates. I wrote and taught courseware for DigitalThink and ComputerPREP in 1997–98, and from 1998 into 2002 I authored and vetted the interview question banks ReviewNet sold to employers for screening engineers.
None of it survived the way a book does. The course players needed plugins that no longer exist, and the test banks were proprietary by design. What’s here is the record that the work happened, with a short 2026 note on each about how odd it is to watch the ideas come back around.
ReviewNet Technical Screening Tests
2000 · Assessment
Technical screening tests I authored and vetted for ReviewNet Corporation from 1998 to 2002 — the question banks employers used to evaluate programmers before deciding whether to interview them.
ComputerPREP Online Courses
1998 · Course
Self-paced JavaBeans and Java courses written for ComputerPREP between 1998 and 2000, built around Learning Guides and hands-on 'Skill Builder' exercises.
DigitalThink Online Courses
1997 · Course
Instructor-led online courses in Java and JavaBeans, written and taught for DigitalThink in 1997–98 — back when 'corporate e-learning' was a new phrase and most students reached the courses over a dial-up modem.