"George Jempty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm undergoing a phone interview for a Jython job today. Anybody have > practical advice for me? I haven't worked with Python in years, but I > have been working with Java in the meantime (resume at > http://scriptify.com/george_jempty_resume.pdf). I've been reading up: > my old "Quick Python" (Harris/McDonald) book, a somewhat more current > "Visual Quickstart Guide" (Fehily), as well as "Jython for Java > Programmers" (Bill) via safari.oreilly.com. > > My interviewer today will be a somewhat technical manager. A key thing > I plan to ask is will this be primarily maintenance or new development. > I don't think I'm cut out for new development considering my > inexperience. > > Some things I'm noticing upon (re)reading my books. Triple quoted > strings: those provide functionality similar to Perl's "here" > documents. > > Also, considering Javascript will be a substantial component of my job, > I'm noticing that Javascript's array/"hash" literal syntax is EXACTLY > the same as that for Python lists/dictionaries. This could lead to > easily sharing data between the client and server side, though I think > I should probably keep this one under my hat, at least with a manager. > Though if things go well I will probably subsequently interview with > more technical folks. > > Otherwise, the only thing I can think to tell a manager in a phone > screen is that I'm willing to undergo brainbench.com's Python > certification. > > Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
Gee, George. I wonder if the interviewing manager or anyone in their company has access to newsgroups? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
