Location: SLC, UT
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Not at this time
Technologies: Python, specifically high-performance web. All the devops (AWS, K8s, Rancher, Linux anything, nginx anything, domains, ssl). Also good at UX with React. Bioinformatics, DB. I'm also a community leader for SLC Python.
Résumé/CV: https://farischebib.is/resume/
Email: faris<at>theluckybead.com
I've been doing web dev for as long as Django has been a "thing" (2009). I love build APIs and leading people, I'm also not afraid to get into legacy apps to make them better. I can legally work in the USA or Canada with no issue. Seeking a full time or contract-to-hire position. Hope you're having a lovely Monday!
> Another alternative I’m considering is learning HVAC repair as a fallback career.
Why not both? My neighbor configures HVAC for datacenters as a living. From what I've understood in our chats, there's a lot of expert system processing going on. It's only going to grow as ML/AI does. When there's gold rush, don't invest in gold, invest in pickaxes.
my father in law was an "HVAC guy" and got to know some commercial real estate owners through networking. I think he did $250k/year working when he wanted. Granted, it was very hard physical work.
If you haven't had the pleasure: https://www.incredibox.com/demo/ may be the band/demo/dynamic music you are pursuing? But much agreed, I think we're at the forefront of exciting new mediums in the audio space.
Invitae | Senior / Principal Engineer: Django / Python, or anything biotech | REMOTE / Optional travel to SF / CO (USA) labs | https://www.invitae.com/en/careers/
[ Funny enough, I was hired via one of these kind of HN posts a couple years ago and am honored to return the favor :) ]
Invitae ($NVTA) is a genetics company in the biotech space with a focus on medical diagnostics & genetic counseling.
As a software dev, this means that a lot of our work is building bespoke software for in-house scientist clients. There is a strong focus on patients & employees, and we have a lot of flexibility in accommodating software engineers as a result.
Seconded with respect to Joplin. It's the only solution I've found which lets me sync iPad notes & photos & videos to my linux boxes & android. Perfect for dumping screenshots and adding context to them and for copying pages down for later reading / annotation. Oh and it's all E2E encrypted through dropbox (I want to get it on a personal cloud soon too, but alas the chefs never cook themselves gourmet food). The only "missing feature" is the lack of an in-built ability to "share" but as a personal journal I think it's perfect.
I've been doing python for 14+ years now. Never been asked about linked-lists, but was asked about prototypical inheritance in javascript (didn't get that job -- in retrospect, very glad i didn't). Now that I'm on the other side of the interviewing table, i always start off by saying "I think coding interviews are stressful as heck, so you should know that what I'm looking for isn't the "right" answer, it's that we both learn something. You can google your way to the right result, but it takes much more skill to implement in a team." Basically I try to turn interviews into a learning experience. With that lens, I tend to have a much better appreciation about a candidate than forcing them to pick up a marker and write a loop on a whiteboard.
