Re: [melbourne-pug] Can I buy someone lunch to talk about Python
Hi Sebastiaan Fair enough on SAs, thought I would ask. I cannot make MPUG this week, could do lunch. Will take that conversation off list. Thanks Rory On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 12:00, Sebastiaan Stoffels < s...@sebastiaan-stoffels.com> wrote: > Hi Rory, > Many thanks for your email. > > I have considered a Technical Pre-sales role in my current company ( and > past employer ), and in my experience, these are more Sales than > development. i.e. still managed by the Sales org. Until you get to > Specialist SA's and Consultants, but at least in Red Hat, that still > doesn't include dev work. Which is what I'd really like to build my new > career on. > > I'd ideally like to work building Cloud/Web Applications, and work on back > end more than front end. Embedded could also be an option, and I actually > quite enjoyed learning C ( although I'm just a beginner there, but I get > stuff like Pointers, memory management etc ). I did the EDX Harvard CS50x > course, which was amazing. Just need to do my final project for that! Was > good to get some exposure to Computer Science aspects. > > I do have a Github with a few tools I've built - > https://github.com/Sebastiaan76 > > The most substantial one is a web scraper and database loading tool to > download FX Tick Data. Feel free to critique! :) > > Perhaps I could come to Windsor some time and chat? Otherwise, will you be > at the Python Meetup on Monday? > > > Kind Regards > > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 10:04 AM Rory Hart wrote: > >> Hi Sebastian >> >> Lots of people here that could help but we all have a wide variety of >> career paths. Is there a particular area of IT you’d like to get into? >> >> Off the top of my head: >> >> * web dev (lots of jobs) >> * phone apps >> * devops >> * data science >> * embedded >> >> With your sales experience a technical pre-sales career path such as >> solution architect could leverage your existing skillset. >> >> Lastly I am always happy to offer my opinion (ask my colleagues), our >> offices are in Windsor however. Would be happy to have a phone call. >> >> Thanks >> >> Rory Hart >> >> On 4 Feb 2019, at 2:19 pm, Sebastiaan Stoffels < >> s...@sebastiaan-stoffels.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> Just wondering if there are any experienced Python Developers working in >> the CBD that I could buy lunch and ask some questions / get advice on a >> potential, major, career change from I.T. Sales into Python Development. >> >> I'd be keen to address such topics as: >> >>- Are bootcamps worth the money? If so, which ones do employers look >>favourable upon? >>- How 'good' do I need to be before applying for a Junior Python >>Developer position? >>- Identify any other things I don't even know / haven't considered. >> >> I've taught myself Python over the past year or so, and can figure out >> most things given the time, but I have no clue how ready ( or not ) I might >> be. I have zero people in my sphere that are developers to ask these dumb >> questions! >> >> So, free lunch at a nice venue ( within reason - no Rockpool! ). >> >> Happy to discuss via phone, email, whatever is preferred. >> >> >> Kind Regards >> -- >> Sebastiaan Stoffels >> Ph 0419 216 676 >> >> ___ >> melbourne-pug mailing list >> melbourne-pug@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >> >> ___ >> melbourne-pug mailing list >> melbourne-pug@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >> > > > -- > Sebastiaan Stoffels > Ph 0419 216 676 > ___ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > ___ melbourne-pug mailing list melbourne-pug@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug
Re: [melbourne-pug] Can I buy someone lunch to talk about Python
I'll just put this out there, for Sebastiaan and others who are looking to become programmers. :) A darkly humorous, and rather too-true take on the industry. https://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks Cheers, Nick On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 12:00 PM Sebastiaan Stoffels < s...@sebastiaan-stoffels.com> wrote: > Hi Rory, > Many thanks for your email. > > I have considered a Technical Pre-sales role in my current company ( and > past employer ), and in my experience, these are more Sales than > development. i.e. still managed by the Sales org. Until you get to > Specialist SA's and Consultants, but at least in Red Hat, that still > doesn't include dev work. Which is what I'd really like to build my new > career on. > > I'd ideally like to work building Cloud/Web Applications, and work on back > end more than front end. Embedded could also be an option, and I actually > quite enjoyed learning C ( although I'm just a beginner there, but I get > stuff like Pointers, memory management etc ). I did the EDX Harvard CS50x > course, which was amazing. Just need to do my final project for that! Was > good to get some exposure to Computer Science aspects. > > I do have a Github with a few tools I've built - > https://github.com/Sebastiaan76 > > The most substantial one is a web scraper and database loading tool to > download FX Tick Data. Feel free to critique! :) > > Perhaps I could come to Windsor some time and chat? Otherwise, will you be > at the Python Meetup on Monday? > > > Kind Regards > > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 10:04 AM Rory Hart wrote: > >> Hi Sebastian >> >> Lots of people here that could help but we all have a wide variety of >> career paths. Is there a particular area of IT you’d like to get into? >> >> Off the top of my head: >> >> * web dev (lots of jobs) >> * phone apps >> * devops >> * data science >> * embedded >> >> With your sales experience a technical pre-sales career path such as >> solution architect could leverage your existing skillset. >> >> Lastly I am always happy to offer my opinion (ask my colleagues), our >> offices are in Windsor however. Would be happy to have a phone call. >> >> Thanks >> >> Rory Hart >> >> On 4 Feb 2019, at 2:19 pm, Sebastiaan Stoffels < >> s...@sebastiaan-stoffels.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> Just wondering if there are any experienced Python Developers working in >> the CBD that I could buy lunch and ask some questions / get advice on a >> potential, major, career change from I.T. Sales into Python Development. >> >> I'd be keen to address such topics as: >> >>- Are bootcamps worth the money? If so, which ones do employers look >>favourable upon? >>- How 'good' do I need to be before applying for a Junior Python >>Developer position? >>- Identify any other things I don't even know / haven't considered. >> >> I've taught myself Python over the past year or so, and can figure out >> most things given the time, but I have no clue how ready ( or not ) I might >> be. I have zero people in my sphere that are developers to ask these dumb >> questions! >> >> So, free lunch at a nice venue ( within reason - no Rockpool! ). >> >> Happy to discuss via phone, email, whatever is preferred. >> >> >> Kind Regards >> -- >> Sebastiaan Stoffels >> Ph 0419 216 676 >> >> ___ >> melbourne-pug mailing list >> melbourne-pug@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >> >> ___ >> melbourne-pug mailing list >> melbourne-pug@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >> > > > -- > Sebastiaan Stoffels > Ph 0419 216 676 > ___ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > ___ melbourne-pug mailing list melbourne-pug@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug