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Genomics - A programmer's guide.

Andy Thomason is a Senior Programmer at Genomics PLC. He has been witing graphics systems, games and compilers since the '70s and specialises in code performance.

https://www.genomicsplc.com

Behavioral Interviewing

While there are a number of definitions, for our purposes, soft skills are all of the skills that are not technical. Meaning - the you that shows up the interview, as well as your technical ability. Your interview is composed of your technical prowess, as well as your soft-skills and ability to answer non-technical questions around teamwork, leadership, failure (yes), ability to adapt, timeliness, and communication skills.

If you have heard of the airport test - when hiring managers ask themselves would I want to be stuck in an airport with this person? - your non-technical stories will help them answer that question. In short: non-technical questions will ask you to tell a number of stories that supplement your technical mastery.

Interviews are subjective, based off of who’s interviewing you. When you prepare for soft-skill questions, understand the value that you can bring to a company as well as your goals and interests. You will deliver better answers and be more con

ANSI Escape Sequences

Standard escape codes are prefixed with Escape:

Ctrl-Key: ^[
Octal: \033
Unicode: \u001b
Hexadecimal: \x1B
Decimal: 27

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I bundled these up into groups and wrote some thoughts about why I ask them!

If these helped you, I'd love to hear about it!! I'm on twitter @vcarl_ or send me an email [email protected]

Onboarding and the workplace

https://blog.vcarl.com/interview-questions-onboarding-workplace/

How long will it take to deploy my first change? To become productive? To understand the codebase?
What kind of equipment will I be provided? Will the company pay/reimburse me if I want something specific?

	"""
	Django ORM Optimization Tips

	Caveats:
	* Only use optimizations that obfuscate the code if you need to.
	* Not all of these tips are hard and fast rules.
	* Use your judgement to determine what improvements are appropriate for your code.
	"""

	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

	class TimeLimitedPaginator(Paginator):
	"""
	Paginator that enforced a timeout on the count operation.
	When the timeout is reached a "fake" large value is returned instead,

	Why does this hack exist? On every admin list view, Django issues a
	COUNT on the full queryset. There is no simple workaround. On big tables,
	this COUNT is extremely slow and makes things unbearable. This solution
	is what we came up with.
	"""

	"""
	Custom django checks.

	H001: Field has no verbose name.
	H002: Verbose name should use gettext.
	H003: Words in verbose name must be all upper case or all lower case.
	H004: Help text should use gettext.
	H005: Model must define class Meta.
	H006: Model has no verbose name.
	H007: Model has no verbose name plural.