I wanted to interview Silas for quite some time because his Python books are well know in GIS community. My main goal with this interview was to dig deep into Silas’s experience and mine his insights mainly about learning programming. But, we’ve had such a good time that we went way beyond that! There are… Continue reading Interview with Silas Toms – the Python Expert who brought GIS to the Super Bowl
Category: inspiration
The best programming advice ever!
When I started to build software I also started to look for an advice from more experienced programmers. I wanted to learn how to build software faster and how to write robust and bug-free code. So, over the years I came across lots of programming “wisdom” from different programming cultures. And there’s one principle in… Continue reading The best programming advice ever!
How to find your unique path to learning programming?
I believe that pretty much everyone can learn programming. Unfortunately a lot of people get discouraged when their first experiences with learning programming is negative. This is how I started doing programming years ago. And probably by accident I didn’t give up. Instead I found my own way of learning programming. So, if you feel… Continue reading How to find your unique path to learning programming?
Getting great job is both marathon and sprint
I found that getting a great job is really a two part process. Both parts are very different from each other and to master both you have to develop a different set of skills. When I was failing at my job interviews I made a mistake of using just the first set of skills for… Continue reading Getting great job is both marathon and sprint
How to make your New Year’s career resolution stick
It’s New Year soon. What do you plan to change in your career? Getting a promotion, raise or even a new job. Whatever it is, it takes time effort to get it. I used to think about my New Year’s resolution as one big goal. One big thing. It’s not a quantum leap. There’s a… Continue reading How to make your New Year’s career resolution stick
5 reasons why it’s absolutely possible for you to get your dream job.
I used to think that only extremely talented or exceptional people are able to get dream jobs. The reality is that it’s not quite true. I remember looking at people who have great jobs and keep asking myself – “What’s special about this person?” “Is he really that smart?” “What’s his secret?” The first answer… Continue reading 5 reasons why it’s absolutely possible for you to get your dream job.
No one knows what career is within you…
It was long time ago and I was looking for my next job. I was pretty clear about what I wanted to do. I wanted to play more with technology. Bigger systems. More moving parts.And I wanted to experience something new, new culture, new environment. I got some pretty big dreams (at least from my… Continue reading No one knows what career is within you…
No one knows what career is within you…
It was long time ago and I was looking for my next job. I was pretty clear about what I wanted to do. I wanted to play more with technology. Bigger systems. More moving parts.And I wanted to experience something new, new culture, new environment. I got some pretty big dreams (at least from my… Continue reading No one knows what career is within you…
How can you know that it is time to change your job (or not)?
How do you feel about your day at work when you’re waking up? It was long time ago,but I remember when going to work started gave me more pain than pleasure. I was grateful for the job.Some might even say that it was really good job and I certainly thought that when I was applying… Continue reading How can you know that it is time to change your job (or not)?
Reason and remedy for the fear of programming
“He clearly must be very frustrated” I thought to myself reading one of his very long and bitter comments.. He was an expert in his field and he was upset about all the job offers that require, in his opinion, too much skills. One of this skills was programming. I understood his frustration. I was… Continue reading Reason and remedy for the fear of programming