[melbourne-pug] Can I buy someone lunch to talk about Python

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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 <
seb at 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 <hartror at gmail.com> 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 <
>> seb at 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
>>
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