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 have
On Sep 2, 5:31 pm, JonathanB doulo...@gmail.com 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
On Sep 3, 9:19 am, steve st...@lonetwin.net 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
On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:36:24 -0700, koranthala wrote:
snip
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
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
On Sep 2, 10:31 am, JonathanB doulo...@gmail.com 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
On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:48 AM, r wrote:
On Sep 2, 10:31 am, JonathanB doulo...@gmail.com 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.
JonathanB doulo...@gmail.com 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
Philip Semanchuk wrote:
On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:48 AM, r wrote:
On Sep 2, 10:31 am, JonathanB doulo...@gmail.com 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
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
In article c477b7ce-bea7-4855-ab71-94d016239...@t13g2000yqn.googlegroups.com,
JonathanB doulo...@gmail.com 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
On Sep 2, 11:31 am, JonathanB doulo...@gmail.com 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
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
JonathanB doulo...@gmail.com 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 Sep 2, 12:52 pm, JonathanB doulo...@gmail.com 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,
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 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
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