ZenSRC

As hard as it is, I try to keep my resume, cover letter, and letter of references up to date. It gives me an idea of how my skill set is growing over time and also keeps me relatively in tune with what the job market looks like for Software Engineers.

Several months ago, while going through the motions of updating my resume package, I realized that I didn’t have an up to date coding sample. So began the process of becoming intimately familiar with the Byzantine Generals Problem. For a great analysis of the problem and one potential implementation, check out
Mark Nelson’s post on this very problem.

Although Mark provides his own sample C++ implementation, I went in a slightly different direction and leveraged a few APIs, tools, and technologies that I’ve been meaning to try in a project for some time.

I version controlled my solution to this problem: C++ coding sample on BitBucket and also uploaded the associated Doxygen Generated Documentation.

I’ll likely spend a few posts talking about some of the neat things I ran into along the way, but please take a look and don’t hesitate to leave some feedback!

Update for additional parts:

• Byzantine Generals Coding Sample, Part 2 (Makefiles)