So yes, I've been an engineer for a month now. I'm one month into my contract. Over the past 4 weeks, I've been growing in confidence and ability. I'm no longer terrified of dictionaries. I'm using them everywhere now. I'm also using tuples and regex. Who would have thought that one month as an engineer in working environment that I would be happy with dictionaries and actually... dare I say it, love them?
At any rate, I have to hand it to my lead engineer. He's been giving me assignments that build up on each other. My first script was difficult (bash scripting is hard!). The second script was a bit easier, but I had to learn how to make my script read XML and edit it. The third set of scripts had to do more with parsing XML in Python and extracting data from it. The next set was writing a simple Tableau workbook in Python (basically making Python write XML). And now, I'm using Python to extract a different set of data from the XML and return some info that can be used by our data analysts.
Each assignment has led to the next assignment which is usually comprised of minor adjustments and refactoring and some new code.
It's been fun and interesting, challenging and enjoyable.
So, I'm doing well with my new career. Hopefully, I will get hired full time. Not sure if I will. I'm trying not to get my hopes up. Sigh...
Monday, March 16, 2015
Sunday, March 1, 2015
First two weeks of work
So, I've been working at IMVU for two weeks. So far, it's been pretty good. I had a project where I had to use dictionaries AND it wasn't terrifying. I actually was able to get them to work and to work with them. I am not sure why I was so afraid of dictionaries, but now, I am happily using them. Also, it was my idea to use them, not my supervisor's. So, go me!
Work has been interesting. I have to stop comparing it to my last company, but it's hard to stop. I mean, we have weekly all hands' meetings. People's accomplishments are announced and celebrated. Oh, the free food is quite the perk as well.
What have I been working on? Honestly, I don't remember my first script except that I had to get Python and a shell script to talk to one another. I also had to figure out how to pass a SQL statement between them. Very interesting... oh, now I remember something about what I wrote. I had to read a bunch of SQL statements and partition them.
Second script dealt with working with XML files and cleaning them up of a certain tag. And then the latest sets of scripts dealt with determining which tables were used in which datasources and which tables were not used at all.
All these scripts have presented their own challenges, but I've been able to successfully meet those challenges and solve the puzzles. Also, I'm starting to learn how to communicate with a coder so that he can understand what I'm trying to say. I mean, we are both speaking English, but something gets lost in the translation between Marlene speak and coder speak.
Work has been interesting. I have to stop comparing it to my last company, but it's hard to stop. I mean, we have weekly all hands' meetings. People's accomplishments are announced and celebrated. Oh, the free food is quite the perk as well.
What have I been working on? Honestly, I don't remember my first script except that I had to get Python and a shell script to talk to one another. I also had to figure out how to pass a SQL statement between them. Very interesting... oh, now I remember something about what I wrote. I had to read a bunch of SQL statements and partition them.
Second script dealt with working with XML files and cleaning them up of a certain tag. And then the latest sets of scripts dealt with determining which tables were used in which datasources and which tables were not used at all.
All these scripts have presented their own challenges, but I've been able to successfully meet those challenges and solve the puzzles. Also, I'm starting to learn how to communicate with a coder so that he can understand what I'm trying to say. I mean, we are both speaking English, but something gets lost in the translation between Marlene speak and coder speak.
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