On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:36:24 -0700, koranthala wrote:
>
> Also, I think topcoder.com is a good place for him. I have not used them
> much, but their business plan -- of asking medium to difficult questions
> every week, and contacting people who solves them with jobs -- is quite
> sound.
> Try th
On Sep 3, 9:19 am, steve wrote:
> On 09/03/2009 09:36 AM, steve wrote:
>
> > Hi Jonathan,
> > [...snip...]
>
> I feel stupid replying to my own post but just one more thing i thought about
> mentioning but forgot to add:
> - Look at your Liberal Arts major as an advantage. Every field has a
> 'co
On Sep 2, 5:31 pm, JonathanB wrote:
> I am a self-taught Python programmer with a liberal arts degree (Cross-
> cultural studies). I have been programming for several years now and
> would like to get a job as a python programmer. Unfortunately most of
> the job posts I have seen are for CS Majors
On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 08:31:20AM -0700, JonathanB wrote:
>
> I am a self-taught Python programmer with a liberal arts degree (Cross-
> cultural studies). I have been programming for several years now and
> would like to get a job as a python programmer. Unfortunately most of
> the job posts I hav
On 09/03/2009 09:36 AM, steve wrote:
Hi Jonathan,
[...snip...]
I feel stupid replying to my own post but just one more thing i thought about
mentioning but forgot to add:
- Look at your Liberal Arts major as an advantage. Every field has a 'computing
gap' that needs to be filled but cannot b
Hi Jonathan,
On 09/02/2009 10:22 PM, JonathanB wrote:
Ok, so what I'm hearing is "Get a code portfolio together and watch
the job board on python.org." Thanks for the advice!
I've been watching the python job board 3-4 times a week and I've been
working my way through the Project Euler problems
On Sep 2, 12:52 pm, JonathanB wrote:
> Any other tips?
I'm probably going to come off as very old school, but give yourself a
good and thorough education in data structures and algorithms. You
might never be called on to actually code a quick sort, merge sort,
heap sort, doubly-linked list or tr
JonathanB writes:
> Any other tips?
Learn some more languages besides Python. Python is good to know but
other languages present other ways of doing things. A skillful
programmer has a variety of techniques to draw from.
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 08:31 -0700, JonathanB wrote:
> I am a self-taught Python programmer with a liberal arts degree
> (Cross-cultural studies). I have been programming for several years
> now and would like to get a job as a python programmer. Unfortunately
> most of the job posts I have seen are
On Sep 2, 11:31 am, JonathanB wrote:
> For the hiring managers, if the job post said
> "CS Major" in the requirements, would you consider a liberal arts
> major at all?
I got my English Writing degree in 1990, and I have been a software
engineer ever since. Landing the first job was very difficul
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JonathanB wrote:
>
>I am a self-taught Python programmer with a liberal arts degree (Cross-
>cultural studies). I have been programming for several years now and
>would like to get a job as a python programmer. Unfortunately most of
>the job posts I have seen are for CS Majors or peo
Ok, so what I'm hearing is "Get a code portfolio together and watch
the job board on python.org." Thanks for the advice!
I've been watching the python job board 3-4 times a week and I've been
working my way through the Project Euler problems in my free time. I
also have a trade generator that I wr
Philip Semanchuk wrote:
On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:48 AM, r wrote:
On Sep 2, 10:31 am, JonathanB wrote:
I am a self-taught Python programmer with a liberal arts degree (Cross-
cultural studies). I have been programming for several years now and
would like to get a job as a python programmer. Un
JonathanB writes:
> I am a self-taught Python programmer with a liberal arts degree (Cross-
> cultural studies)
> Is there a place I can look for job posts for entry level positions
> requiring no experience? For the hiring managers, if the job post said
> "CS Major" in the requirements, would
On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:48 AM, r wrote:
On Sep 2, 10:31 am, JonathanB wrote:
I am a self-taught Python programmer with a liberal arts degree
(Cross-
cultural studies). I have been programming for several years now and
would like to get a job as a python programmer. Unfortunately most of
the j
On Sep 2, 10:31 am, JonathanB wrote:
> I am a self-taught Python programmer with a liberal arts degree (Cross-
> cultural studies). I have been programming for several years now and
> would like to get a job as a python programmer. Unfortunately most of
> the job posts I have seen are for CS Major
I am a self-taught Python programmer with a liberal arts degree (Cross-
cultural studies). I have been programming for several years now and
would like to get a job as a python programmer. Unfortunately most of
the job posts I have seen are for CS Majors or people with experience.
Is there a place
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