Software Development and Programming Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[TheAnointedOne]

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I'm guessing you're learning.

Focus on data structures and algorithms.

Get 'Grokking Algorithms'. It isn't dry and boring like most books

Free-Algorithm-Books/book at master · cjbt/Free-Algorithm-Books

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Then try to solve 2022 Advent of Code (might be too hard honestly)

Advent of Code 2024

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Misc: This book lays the foundation for machine learning. It's free.

Nature of Code

Simulating Natural Systems with JavaScript

natureofcode.com

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Get 'Grokking Algorithms'. It isn't dry and boring like most books

This is solid advice.

 

[ReggieFlare]

If I needed to find someone to develop an app for me, where should I start?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

If not here you can try to look for freelancers. You can use platforms like Upwork

 

[TheAnointedOne]

This is solid advice.

Books from no starch press and manning are my favorites.

 

[Mike809]

Have any of you guys successfully transition from QA to Software Developer role?

currently unemployed , and was offer this position , but im not trying to be pidgeonholed.

 

[EzekelRAGE]

Have any of you guys successfully transition from QA to Software Developer role?

currently unemployed , and was offer this position , but im not trying to be pidgeonholed.

That question often comes up for Leon in his Q n A sessions at 100Devs. What he says is this, don't get complacent. He says when someone takes the QA job and he checks back in on them a year or two later, they still in the QA job. He says when you take a job like that, you have to put it on yourself to improve your skills as a software developer. Use it as a stepping stone.

 

[Mike809]

That question often comes up for Leon in his Q n A sessions at 100Devs. What he says is this, don't get complacent. He says when someone takes the QA job and he checks back in on them a year or two later, they still in the QA job. He says when you take a job like that, you have to put it on yourself to improve your skills as a software developer. Use it as a stepping stone.

Yeah , I would still keep working on personal projects and building up my skills.

I just wouldn't want future employers to "discriminate" me based on me being QA. Like, I would even try to word it in a way on my resume
where it sounds like a regular software developer role.

 

[cobra]

Yeah , I would still keep working on personal projects and building up my skills.

I just wouldn't want future employers to "discriminate" me based on me being QA. Like, I would even try to word it in a way on my resume
where it sounds like a regular software developer role.

Just describe yourself as SDET instead of QA

 

[null]

Yeah , I would still keep working on personal projects and building up my skills.

I just wouldn't want future employers to "discriminate" me based on me being QA. Like, I would even try to word it in a way on my resume
where it sounds like a regular software developer role.

why not try to move internally. the chances of which would be improved more often than not, if you stick to large companies.

you could also stick to QA roles which involve reading and understanding the code base. maybe even making small compilation fixes.

at one place where i worked the senior QA/dev ops guys used to fix "obvious" compilation errors - typos, duplicates and such and then send the dev involved (and sometimes an audience ) a notification.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

One of my friends got laid off this week. I feel like I'm choosing the worst time to join the industry.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I'm guessing you're learning.

Focus on data structures and algorithms.

Get 'Grokking Algorithms'. It isn't dry and boring like most books

Free-Algorithm-Books/book at master · cjbt/Free-Algorithm-Books

Contribute to cjbt/Free-Algorithm-Books development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Then try to solve 2022 Advent of Code (might be too hard honestly)

Advent of Code 2024

adventofcode.com

Misc: This book lays the foundation for machine learning. It's free.

Nature of Code

Simulating Natural Systems with JavaScript

natureofcode.com

I'm going through Grokking right now. Where i keep getting lost is in the time complexity stuff. I'm having trouble understanding O(n) and all of this stuff. I keep looking for a resource that can break it down for me like for a beginner but everything I've come across so far assumes you already know what it is and just throws you into it.

 

[EzekelRAGE]

I'm going through Grokking right now. Where i keep getting lost is in the time complexity stuff. I'm having trouble understanding O(n) and all of this stuff. I keep looking for a resource that can break it down for me like for a beginner but everything I've come across so far assumes you already know what it is and just throws you into it.

Maybe check out Mosh breakdown of it?


If you rock with that and want the rest of his Data structures videos, I have a mega download link for the rest of his videos on data structures. He uses Java in the video.

Also in that link is:

All the stuff is from 2021 tho

There's also this that is free and got some good reviews, he uses TS tho.

Algorithms & Data Structures | Learn Algorithms with TypeScript for Interviews

The last algorithms course you’ll need to pass tough interview questions that use arrays, lists, trees, graphs, maps, and searching and sorting algorithms.

frontendmasters.com

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Maybe check out Mosh breakdown of it?


If you rock with that and want the rest of his Data structures videos, I have a mega download link for the rest of his videos on data structures. He uses Java in the video.

Also in that link is:

All the stuff is from 2021 tho

There's also this that is free and got some good reviews, he uses TS tho.

Algorithms & Data Structures | Learn Algorithms with TypeScript for Interviews

The last algorithms course you’ll need to pass tough interview questions that use arrays, lists, trees, graphs, maps, and searching and sorting algorithms.

frontendmasters.com

Thank you bro. I will take a look at this today and follow up with you.

 

[EnzoG]

Anyone with Kubernetes experience in here??? I need some assistance with something.

 

[Don Juan]

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import filedialog
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# Open a file dialog and store the selected file's path
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# Iterate through each page and insert its text into the Text widget
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page = pdf.pages[page_num]
text_widget.insert(tk.END, page.extract_text())
file.close()
# Create a Tkinter window
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# Add a Text widget to the window to display the PDF text
text_widget = tk.Text(root)
text_widget.pack()
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open_pdf_button = tk.Button(root, text="Open PDF", command=open_pdf)
open_pdf_button.pack()
# Run the Tkinter event loop
root.mainloop()

This code creates a graphical user interface (GUI) using the Tkinter library. When the "Open PDF" button is clicked, it opens a file dialog for the user to select a PDF file. Then it uses the PyPDF2 library to open the selected PDF file, extract the text from each page, and display the text in a Tkinter Text widget within the GUI. The code also closes the opened file after displaying the text. The Tkinter event loop is then run, allowing the user to interact with the GUI.