Wanted: COMP 14 Lab Assistants!

All qualified undergraduate or graduate students may apply.

Qualifications

You must be...

...a relatively proficient programmer!
For example, you should have at least taken (and done well in) COMP 14 and COMP 114, or something similar. Or you might be a junior or senior in the COMPSCI program. Or you might be a girl/boy genius.
...well organized and dependable.
If you show up late for a lab, the students often panic. In any case they have a right to expect that you will be there during your assigned time.
...friendly, patient, and posess some ability to empathize with beginning programmers.
You need to be a counselor of sorts, a coach, someone who can help the student arrive at the right answer without giving it to them.

Expectations and Compensation

You will be expected to spend 13-15 hours per week on the job. This will include 10-11 hours in an ATN public lab, a weekly one-hour staff meeting, keeping up with email, and perhaps some other administrative work.
The tour of duty is the entire semester, approximately 15 weeks.
You will receive $1,650 for the semester's work.

How to apply

Come to Sitterson Hall (see map here if necessary....), and compelte an application with the receptionist (Tammy) at the front desk.
Enter priority "1" in the COMP 14 box.
It would be nice if you would send me email (welch@cs.unc.edu).
I will be in touch.

About me (the professor)

FYI, I am research faculty member here in the CS department. I work on virtual reality, teleimmersion, and too many other things. I have worked in industry and w/ NASA. I like to think I have a sense of humor, and I like to have fun. I hope the course will be successful, fun, and gratifying for those of us "teaching" (me, TAs, LAs). Here is my home page.

Questions?

If you have questions, send me email (welch@cs.unc.edu) or call me. My office number is 962-1819.