Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-15 Thread Wolfgang Strobl
Christian Heimes christ...@python.org: To be fair, memcpy() is a pretty simple function. This, of course, depends on the target architecture. See for example http://www.microchip.com/forums/m120261.aspx or http://www.piclist.com/techref/member/IMB-yahoo-J86/memcpy.asm.htm It can be implemented

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-15 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Wolfgang Strobl ne...@mystrobl.de wrote: Christian Heimes christ...@python.org: To be fair, memcpy() is a pretty simple function. This, of course, depends on the target architecture. See for example http://www.microchip.com/forums/m120261.aspx or

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread Christian Heimes
Am 14.12.2012 04:25, schrieb Greg Donald: On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 8:49 PM, suresh.pinn...@gmail.com wrote: My aim is to get a job into google or cisco or facebok. I made it to the 4th interview with Google. When they say they want a developer they really mean they want a

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread Stefan Behnel
suresh.pinn...@gmail.com, 14.12.2012 03:49: My aim is to get a job into google or cisco or facebok. Why? There are lots of attractive places to work at. Choosing a less visible one means that you have a higher chance of getting hired in the first place, simply because less people aim for the

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread Dave Angel
On 12/14/2012 01:56 AM, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:13 AM, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 14, 8:33 am, Dave Angel d...@davea.name wrote: Do you know any one computer language thoroughly? Or just a little of many languages? There is a quote by Bruce Lee to the

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread Roy Smith
In article mailman.885.1355487496.29569.python-l...@python.org, Stefan Behnel stefan...@behnel.de wrote: suresh.pinn...@gmail.com, 14.12.2012 03:49: My aim is to get a job into google or cisco or facebok. Why? There are lots of attractive places to work at. Choosing a less visible one

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote: That being said, I've worked for companies ranging from 3 employees to 40,000 employees. I definitely like working for the small ones better. My current job has one employee, it's just me and my boss. It's satisfying to know that

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread rusi
On Dec 14, 6:13 pm, Dave Angel d...@davea.name wrote: On 12/14/2012 01:56 AM, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:13 AM, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 14, 8:33 am, Dave Angel d...@davea.name wrote: Do you know any one computer language thoroughly?  Or just a little

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread Roy Smith
In article 50cbaf19$0$29991$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:48:54 -0500, Roy Smith wrote: On the other hand, as somebody who's looking to hire software engineers, I can tell you that we look at prior

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread Roy Smith
In article mailman.889.1355497090.29569.python-l...@python.org, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote: If the boss's vision is anything to go by, we're going to be bigger than Microsoft, eBay, Facebook, and Google combined, and all by early 2013. That's the kind of attitude you need to be

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread Terry Reedy
On 12/14/2012 5:21 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:05:12 -0800 (PST), rusi rustompm...@gmail.com declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: Ideas which were summarized by the great pianist Josef Lhevine as follows: If I dont practice for one day I know it If I

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 14Dec2012 16:57, Dennis Lee Bieber wlfr...@ix.netcom.com wrote: | On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:42:27 +0100, Christian Heimes | christ...@python.org declaimed the following in | gmane.comp.python.general: | | To be fair, memcpy() is a pretty simple function. It can be implemented | in just about

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:45:40 -0500, Roy Smith wrote: If somebody can to me with prior experience at Google or Facebook, my first thought would be Ah, couldn't cut it with the big boys huh? If you are good enough for Google, what the hell are you doing coming to us? Wow, you must have a

RE: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-13 Thread Graham Fielding
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:49:32 -0800 Subject: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in? From: suresh.pinn...@gmail.com To: python-list@python.org My aim is to get a job into google or cisco or facebok. I have basic knowledge in python,c,java and good in javascript,html,css,

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-13 Thread Greg Donald
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 8:49 PM, suresh.pinn...@gmail.com wrote: My aim is to get a job into google or cisco or facebok. I made it to the 4th interview with Google. When they say they want a developer they really mean they want a developer/sysadmin/kernel hacker/c/c++ guru. I nailed all the

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-13 Thread Dave Angel
On 12/13/2012 09:49 PM, suresh.pinn...@gmail.com wrote: My aim is to get a job into google or cisco or facebok. I have basic knowledge in python,c,java and good in javascript,html,css, database concepts. If i learn django and python. Shall I get my dream job? Please suggest me You didn't

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-13 Thread Dave Angel
On 12/13/2012 10:33 PM, Dave Angel wrote: On 12/13/2012 09:49 PM, suresh.pinn...@gmail.com wrote: My aim is to get a job into google or cisco or facebok. I have basic knowledge in python,c,java and good in javascript,html,css, database concepts. If i learn django and python. Shall I get my

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-13 Thread rusi
On Dec 14, 8:33 am, Dave Angel d...@davea.name wrote: Do you know any one computer language thoroughly?  Or just a little of many languages? There is a quote by Bruce Lee to the effect: I am not afraid of the man who knows 10,000 kicks I am afraid of the man who has practised 1 kick 10,000

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-13 Thread Devin Jeanpierre
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:13 AM, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 14, 8:33 am, Dave Angel d...@davea.name wrote: Do you know any one computer language thoroughly? Or just a little of many languages? There is a quote by Bruce Lee to the effect: I am not afraid of the man who knows

Re: What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-13 Thread rusi
On Dec 14, 11:56 am, Devin Jeanpierre jeanpierr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:13 AM, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 14, 8:33 am, Dave Angel d...@davea.name wrote: Do you know any one computer language thoroughly?  Or just a little of many languages? There is a