We are currently looking for a paid web development intern here at CPUsage so we are getting plenty of emails with resumes. I’m gonna be frank: most people are doing it wrong. With that said, here are a few tips to improve your chances of getting an interview and ultimately getting hired at CPUsage or any other company you apply at. Tip # 1: Don’t name your resume file “resume” Over the past 2 days, I have added 6 files in my downloads folder all titled “resume.” This alone drops you from the running. I...
read moreJob Title: Web Development Intern Location: Downtown Portland, OR Description: Even non-web companies can leverage the web to enhance their products and make everyone’s life better! We are looking for a web development intern to help us extend the capabilities of our simple web portals. Using PHP and Zend Framework, your job will be to add features and functionality to existing web portals that serve CPUsage users, customers, and administrators. You’ll reach into our databases to do things like integrate usage graphs and extend...
read moreThis is a quick note to let everyone know that we made a slight change to the Terms of Service on cpusage.com. Only section 8 was changed and it now reads: 8. Governing Law Any claim relating to CPUsage, Inc.’s web site shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oregon without regard to its conflict of law provisions. General Terms and Conditions applicable to Use of a Web Site. The full Terms of Service text is available...
read moreDuring Spring 2012, CPUsage rolled out a major update to Cirrus, our partner software for Windows machines. Cirrus is the lightweight tool that allows CPUsage to harness your unused processing power, in turn earning you points. If you are running this software and are experiencing any issues or are not earning as many points as expected, please review the tips and tricks below. General Troubleshooting (Windows) Is Cirrus running? Look for a circular icon with an arrow in your system tray (lower right corner of the screen). If no, go to...
read moreWe are lucky at CPUsage to have such a beautiful, fun office for our headquarters in Portland. Lease rates are reasonable so we selected a great space we can grow into over the next 12 months. This means we have some extra square footage right now so we like to offer it up for use by local user groups and entrepreneurs. One of the users groups that has taken us up on the offer to use our space is PDX Girl Geek Dinners. PDX Girl Geek Dinners is one of the newest chapters of an international organization that encourages women in the technology...
read moreOne of my favorite technology and startup blogs, GigaOm, wrote a great piece today on CERN and how they plan to use cloud computing to support the physicists and other scientists that are conducting some of the most advanced research in the world. Through the article, we learn that CERN currently uses some massive compute resources, and they are hungry for more! The Helix Nebula Science Cloud aims to bring enough firepower to solve very hard problems and deal with tons of data churned out by the second. As an example of the size of the task,...
read moreWe don’t talk about it much and have never publicized it, but in 2011 CPUsage raised venture capital money to help speed up the realization of our vision. Since then, we’ve had a few other entrepreneurs ask us for information on the various forms of investments and their terms. An increasingly popular investment vehicle for early stage companies is the convertible note. As a way to help share the knowledge that others helped us gain, here is some information on convertible notes and important terms. Before reading on, please...
read moreCPUsage, a Portland based venture backed cloud computing startup, is looking for a rockstar C or C++ developer to fill a 6+ month contract position (with the possibility of contract-to-hire). The individual will be responsible for the development of a Linux based C/C++ console application that is crucial to the core of our business. This is not an easy task. You’ll be working on tough problems that may make you pull your hair out at times. You’ll do your work with little direction. CPUsage is a fun place to work! We are a small...
read moreA few people have asked us about how CPUsage will effect their energy bill, so we thought we’d share the details with everyone here on our blog. As you probably already know, CPUsage utilizes your computer’s processing power when you are not. An on-but-idle computer uses electricity. An on-but-actively-used computer uses more electricity. Installing CPUsage software on your computer will likely increase the total electricity usage of your computer. That increase, however, is negligible. Using information we obtained from Dell, one of the...
read moreIt has been a long time coming, but we are proud to finally unveil the all new CPUsage.com. You’ll notice that with a new web site comes an all new logo and overall brand image. We have also brought back our blog after a temporary hiatus. Over the next few days we’ll work on importing blog posts from earlier this year. After that, you can expect CPUsage to use our blog as a regular means of communication. You won’t hear from just one person on this blog, the entire CPUsage team will be contributing as opportunities arise. So...
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