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 wrote: > Christian Heimes : > >>To be fair, memcpy() is a pretty simple function. > > This, of course, depends on the target architecture. See for example > or >

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

2012-12-15 Thread Wolfgang Strobl
Christian Heimes : >To be fair, memcpy() is a pretty simple function. This, of course, depends on the target architecture. See for example or >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

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

2012-12-14 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 14Dec2012 16:57, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: | On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:42:27 +0100, Christian Heimes | declaimed the following in | gmane.comp.python.general: | > | > To be fair, memcpy() is a pretty simple function. It can be implemented | > in just about two lines of C code plus five lines of b

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 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 dont practice for two d

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

2012-12-14 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Chris Angelico 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 at a startup. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l

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 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 experience at Google or Faceboo

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

2012-12-14 Thread rusi
On Dec 14, 6:13 pm, Dave Angel wrote: > On 12/14/2012 01:56 AM, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:13 AM, rusi wrote: > >> On Dec 14, 8:33 am, Dave Angel wrote: > >>> Do you know any one computer language thoroughly?  Or just a little of > >>> many languages? > >> There is a

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 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 my work is r

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

2012-12-14 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Stefan Behnel 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 > means that you have a higher chance of getting hired in the fir

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 wrote: >> On Dec 14, 8:33 am, Dave Angel 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

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 sa

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, 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/

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

2012-12-13 Thread rusi
On Dec 14, 11:56 am, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:13 AM, rusi wrote: > > On Dec 14, 8:33 am, Dave Angel 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 a

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 wrote: > On Dec 14, 8:33 am, Dave Angel 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 t

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

2012-12-13 Thread rusi
On Dec 14, 8:33 am, Dave Angel 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 times -- http://m

What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-13 Thread michaelsafyan
Hi, Suresh. I don't know about the hiring practices at Cisco or Facebook, but at Google, the particular language or technology matters far less in an interview than general coding ability, algorithmic understanding, and system design fundamentals. To be sure, Python is an awesome language to lea

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

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 did

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, 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 Python questions in int

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 go

What are the minimum requirements to get a job in?

2012-12-13 Thread suresh . pinnapa
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 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list