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Daypage Journal
Wednesday, 5/1/2019
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| Thursday, 4/25/2019 | 1:21 | |
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Tasks [6/6]
DONE Set tasks for the day
CLOSED:
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CLOCK: -- => 4:34
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Need to focus on getting ready for my interview tomorrow and any farm work that
can get done.
DONE Write in daily journal
CLOSED:
DONE Get mopidy setup with docker
CLOSED:
+ Backends
+ Spotify
+ TuneIn
+ Podcast
+ Front-ends
+ Iris
+ Moped
+ Party
+ Output
+ Broadcast over Icecast2
DONE Reorganize docker compose files and move to Rhea
CLOSED:
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CLOCK: -- => 5:06
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DONE Interview with Brad at ReCharge
CLOSED:
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CLOCK: -- => 21:48
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Favorite thing about python
+ idea of "pythonic", tersness without sacrificing readability
+ context generators, custom 'with' blocks that can clean up when process is done
+ reversing list using list(reversed()) or alist[::-1]
Least favorite thing about python
+ lack of type hinting, better in 3, but not everyone uses it
+ sometimes there are no "sensible" defaults (packaging, module separation), you
have to build team standards and processes
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A little about myself
+ Been working full-time as a REMOTE developer for 8+ years
+ Started out in newspapers, actively contributing to open source
+ Used django because it started as a newsroom tool, quick CMS, custom content
types, fast turn around building templates
+ Spent 4+ years supporting a custom CMS and building websites and plugins with django-CMS
+ Built a number of custom donation forms for non-profits that included some
crazy payment processors (PayPal Pro ... sigh)
+ More than anything, I like challenging myself to learn new things
+ Built out a React front-end for a data import tool at my last job, had
responsibliity to build backend and frontend and that was fun
+ Not totally sold on the React model, a little heavy for most things, like
Preact and projects like that that use the same data model but with fewer
toolchain requirements
+ Started out with a fully distributed company, spent the last 2.5 years with
remote-friendly startups
+ Takes time to build culture, not everyone is built for it, and not every
company understands what the tradeoffs are
+ Written communication has to be superb in remote engineering teams
+ I find email is good for whole team communication, Zulip/Slack better for
one-on-one or small teams
+ Salary expectations around 100k, but I'm flexible at this point
+ Originally from Chicago, but spent last deacde in Maine
+ Four kids, ages 1 to 8 on a small farm by the ocean
+ We raise goats, sheep, chickens, ducks and turkeys
Questions
+ Curious about what the engineering culture is like at ReCharge? (Joel Test?)
+ what does the tech stack look like, CI?
+ how often do you release?
+ Platform built on Shopify, what if shopify implements recurring orders?
+ 36-37 folks, looking to hire 5 engineers
+ Product took off and needed someone to organize engieering
+ Mono arch, built on python/flask - vue.js on the front
+ Build out api team, Adam Lick, worked at Shutterstock
+ Store team, feature team, and build team for internal tools
+ Try to keep very polyglot, don't care about language
+ Adam on API team, on vacation ... talk to Brad first
+ Managing our test team, very good software engineer
DONE [#B] Register for summer league ultimate
CLOSED: SCHEDULED:
https://maineultimate.org/e/bangor-summer-league-2019