Cristian Francu

Current

• Retired at Home

Past

• Software Engineer at Google Inc.

Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
• Universitatea 'Politehnica' din Bucuresti

Connections

35 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• Family Website
• Example Project

Cristian Francu’s Summary

My friends apparently want me on LinkedIn, so here I am. Not really interested in anything in particular. I believe in a post work society, and in the fact that we are now in a transition phase. I believe people should try and act as if they were living in that society: work less and have more fun. Therefore 40 hours of work a week is unacceptable. Also, in a post work society, work has to be fun, or it doesn't make sense to do it. As a retired person I have the privilege to choose that kind of work, but, in fact, if everyone did that we would be one step closer to our goal.

To summarize my expertize, it is mostly in algorithms and data structures, and all sorts of languages I've programmed in. I won't list them here, if I'm needed to work with one chances are I already know it.

More recently I've been learning to invest. I learned that investing can be a lot of fun, and quite interesting as well. One of the first things I learned is that spending money is as hard as making it.

Cristian Francu’s Specialties:

Algorithms and data structures, decent research experience

Cristian Francu’s Experience

• Retired

  Home

  (Computer Software industry)

  March 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)

  Being retired means being free to do what one wants. I am engaged in several projects that I've always wanted to do and did not have the time or energy or money. None of them is for profit. All of them are fun.

• Software Engineer

  Google Inc.

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  September 2000 — March 2005 (4 years 7 months)

  Being a Software Engineer at Google means a lot of fun and a lot of power. And with great power comes great responsibility, as respected, well-known figure Spiderman says. And who are our role models here, in America, if not some silly cartoons?

Cristian Francu’s Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

  MS, Computer Science, 1996 — 2000

  Yet another PhD dropout. Sigh...

• Universitatea 'Politehnica' din Bucuresti

  M.Sc., Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, 1990 — 1996

  Proud to have survived Electronic Circuitry and Devices class. Many people didn't (including our brain dead professors and assistants).

Additional Information

Cristian Francu’s Websites:

• My Website
• Family Website
• Example Project

Cristian Francu’s Interests:

algorithms, development of Romania, traveling

Cristian Francu’s Groups:

patron of Free Software Foundation

Cristian Francu’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch