Part of my job is to test new beta versions of our software, we have several simulations that we test against. Setup a module to encompass all of the pre and post processing functions. Got a master script that can create the beta directories, post process the runs, and cleanup the directories. Python can make so many people's jobs so much easier.
we currently have a python vs clojure vs r rivalry going on at work I bought all of us python broz stickers to put on our laptops
Do any of you guys live in Kansas City? What is the tech industry there like? Is it hard to find Web Development jobs? Seems like it's pretty strong from the little bit of internet searching I've done. My girlfriend and I live in Austin but want to get our first house and the housing market here is becoming insanely expensive. KC is close to some of her family and I'm kind of ready to move as I've had several of my friends move.
I live in KC. I think the tech industry here is decent. Cerner, one of the biggest healthcare IT firms, is headquartered here and employs like half the city.
Yeah not sure how likely it is we move there, but is it fine if I bug you with some questions later if it becomes more clear?
Just wrote a quick module that takes the paths of multiple simulations and will plot different timing info for the runs. Matplotlib makes such pretty plots.
KC Peeps include but are not limited to myself broXcore EMAW FC AggieVillain GoodForAnother he was KC for a bit but is now dallas roonskie (also works in tech) and others i'm forgetting
you'd be surprised how similar Austin and Kansas City are (except for the traffic). great music venues, plenty of areas to grab a drink, very attractive place to live for young professionals
Dug into python-pptx today. It's a little primitive but if you find yourself making the same powerpoints over and over again and just replacing text/pictures it will make your life a lot easier. https://python-pptx.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
you can also add powerpivot to excel, house all the data in powerpivot. Build your pivots & and graphs in excel. Then paste as link. Then you can just refresh the powerpivot data sources and the powerpoint will refresh itself.
wow awesome FiveThirtyEight has all of it's data in a github repo https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data
Does anyone ever get memory errors with numpy? I built a script around a small test case then once it was ready jumped up to a larger case and it crapped out. Basically grabbing a lot of data from hdf5 files and storing them in arrays and doing some manipulation. Running it on a super computer with 500 GB of RAM so physical memory is not the issue. Tried dropping the data types down to single precision but that didn't seem to help.
I'm the EDI supervisor for a commercial insurance TPA and states are mandating EDI more and more. In short the transmissions are sent to notify a state the initial injury reason and the ongoing status of the claim. I do some coding but we outsource to Argentinians for large problems. Those guys can do work
anyone experiment with any python viz? I've been looking over Bokeh now. I'm trying to sell myself on why using something like a python advanced viz is better for the company than using Tableau/MicroStrategy for visualizations. But other than I just would enjoy it more, there really isn't any major pros I can think of. Help plz
I've been slacking on my python but we're working D3 and all their absurd charts into our toolbox. Basically slammed at work and have a bunch of industrial engineers writing a bunch of python for us
Posted about possibly moving to KC, but it looks like we're going to be moving Atlanta instead for a variety of reasons. Anyone have any tech connections? I work mostly in ASP.NET and C#, but I've spent a lot of time learning NodeJS, MongoDB and other NoSQL DBs, and AngularJS and really would like a job using that stack more.
Would any of you bros be willing to help me with some C++ homework? Specifically I'm unsure how to call my functions. I can post the code if needed.
OK, so I am not technical at all. My company is .NET and I'm interviewing with a company that uses a MEAN Stack. What are some talking points I should know?
Ended up figuring it out on my own. What's everyones opinion on C++? Most people I've talked to say it's not very intuitive.
It's definitely a lower level programming language compared to what's out there today. With things like pointers, you have to be very careful about allocating and cleaning up memory.
Well yeah... what are some talking points I should have in my back pocket? Java is more scalable and portable, right? What else could I drop so it at least looks like I halfway understand something regarding Java?
Java is completely different from Javascript. I'm not sure what all goes into interviewing for a project management position, but as far as the development side goes, the MEAN stack is going to be a lot less robust and more lightweight than .NET. I would also learn about the advantages of NoSQL vs SQL.
Not trying to sound offensive, but do you act more as a manager of developers as a Scrum Master and help with Agile development? I find it interesting because we kind of do Agile here, but don't have anyone leading us that doesn't have experience with development or QA. Anyways, yes definitely know at least the difference between Javascript and Java. I love the MEAN stack, but you may already be using a lot of JS on the front-end of whatever you guys work with even in .NET (we do, we use ASP.NET MVC stuff with a lot of vanilla JS on the front end). A big difference, like kentucky_dawg mentioned, is knowing what the schemas difference looks like in NoSQL vs. SQL database (I'm also assuming you guys are using SQL Server if you're using .NET). Look up what Normalization means in SQL and how the schema of a NoSQL DB would look, you'll hopefully quickly see a fairly big difference. I also agree that the MEAN stack can feel more lightweight, at least on the backend as setting up Express and MongoDB and using a RESTful API can be done relatively quickly, but it does need to be done right or it won't scale. ASP.NET is, in my limited experience, more of a bitch to get up and running but it doesn't generally suffer from a scaling problem.
Also going through Skype interviews now (I'm in Austin) looking for jobs in Atlanta. Feels weird but good when they do go well as I don't have a lot of work experience but I've tried to code/study most nights.
The developers aren't my direct reports. I basically make sure they have what they need to keep their heads down. A lot of my job pertains to helping the product manager with the roadmap, organizing our backlog, and conducting meetings. I also meet with other people from my company outside of our scrum teams and basically tell them to fuck off for everyone else. Seriously, a big part of my job is finding out what someone wants from one of my developers and being the go-between so my developer isn't distracted.
Yeah that can be a huge problem especially with people who have no idea how development works (why doesn't this work EXACTLY like I want and why aren't you instantly fixing it!). Much respect!
Developers and engineers like to fix broken things. It's just their personality type. So when someone emails all of them about a bug, they're all going to look at the email and think about it for 4 or 5 minutes. Then say one volunteers to help, you still lose 4-5 minutes each from an entire team of developers. That's like an hour of productivity gone from one email, not counting what it takes to get the bug fixed. When you're on 2 week sprints, an hour is valuable as shit.
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