Mailman 3 January 2021 - python-uk

London Dojo next Thursday
by Tom Viner March 15, 2024

March 15, 2024

Hi all, For February's London code dojo, we'll be at Sohonet <https://www.sohonet.com/>. We'll have pizza, drinks and some fun group coding. All abilities welcome! There'll also be the prize draw for a random O'Reilly Python book as usual. *6:30pm Thursday 1st Feb 2018* Get your tickets while they're hot: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-9-episode-6-t… If you need any more information, contact the team via Twitter: @ldnpydojo <https://twitter.com/ldnpydojo> or via e-mails to team(a)ldnpydojo.org.uk We're always looking for venues to host the Dojo and volunteers to be cat herders, i.e. writing an email like this and coordinating the voting etc. Look forward to seeing you next Thursday! Tom @tomviner <https://twitter.com/tomviner>

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Data Engineer (python) - Richmond London
by Sophie Hendley Jan. 18, 2021

Jan. 18, 2021

Hey All, I am working with a client in Richmond to find a Data engineer to work with this established household brand new R&D team. Send me an email if you are interested I will send you some more details and a Job description. Tech Stack: Python, Airflow, AWS and SQL. Salary: around £75k plus bonus and benefits. Location: Richmond/ flexible working (2-3 days remote). Hope everyone is staying safe. Kind regards, Sophie. *Sophie Hendley* | Founder *sophie(a)digitalvisionsearch.com <sophie(a)digitalvisionsearch.com>* | +44 750 514 5903 Schedule a call: http://calendly.com/sophie-hendley www.digitalvisionsearch.com <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shendley/> <https://www.instagram.com/digital_vision_search/>

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Junior Developer Freelance Opportunity
by mail＠williammayor.co.uk Jan. 15, 2021

Jan. 15, 2021

Hi UK Python People, I'm Billy, I'm a freelance software engineer and have been for ~10 years. I mostly use Python and I mostly make websites for clients. COVID and lockdowns have really reduced the number of hours I have available to work for my clients. To remedy that I'm looking for a junior developer who can work with/for me. A little about me and my work style: I love the flexibility that freelancing brings. I get to decide how many hours of work I do each day, and I get to decide when I do them. I rarely work early mornings or evenings (unless I want to). Sometimes there's a deadline and I put in lots of hours. Other times I can relax and play video games during the day. I'm not hugely fussed about earning loads of money. I'd rather work at a reduced rate (or for free) if the client is doing something good for the world. I'm happy to charge some clients higher rates in order to afford a pro bono client. I'm not die-hard about any particular tool/library/framework. I'm more interested in finding the right tool for the job, and in exploring new tech. I've written plenty of websites/APIs both in Flask and Django. Recent sites have started to use FastAPI (which is awesome). Similarly on the frontend, maybe React is the right option, maybe Svelte or Vue. Maybe just Vanilla JS (or no JS) and old-school form submissions. I aim for high quality work instead of speedy turnarounds. I advise clients about bigger picture things: personal data, accessibility, security, backups, etc. etc. I'll provide hosting/devops for clients if they want me to. I unit test most things, I integration test some things, I browser test very few things. I have loads of side projects and tools that I've built for myself. I love building solutions to problems I come across. Maybe one day other people will pay for those solutions :) A little bit about what I'm looking for: Someone who likes the idea of the above work style :) A Python developer with experience in Django (and Flask would be good). You don't have to be a master, but it would be good if you felt comfortable diving into an existing Django-based project. Someone who can work from home... well, obviously... but also longer term. I don't have office space (it's unlikely we'll live near each other anyway), I just work from home. Someone who is, or is willing to become, self-employed. How much does it pay? It really depends on the client. We can negotiate :) Does that sound interesting? Get in touch! Send some details about yourself (include a CV if you have one) to mail(a)williammayor.co.uk and we'll chat :) Looking forward to meeting you :) Billy

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Python Developer role at Zero Deposit
by Pete Graham Jan. 12, 2021

Jan. 12, 2021

At the risk of setting off the annual debate about if job listings are allowed (last time I checked they were) I'm hiring for a Python developer role at Zero Deposit https://unicornhunt.io/jobs/python-developer-remote-at-zero-deposit feel free to email me directly if you have questions. I'd like to add that I'm CTO at the company (not a recruiter) one of our current developers contacted me through a job posting on this mailing list a couple of years ago and that's worked out very well, so I appreciate being able to post here. All applications are appreciated but I'm particularly keen to hire someone who's been let go due to the pandemic. Cheers, Pete

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Off-topic: Happy Birthday, Don Knuth (and Python coroutines)
by Jonathan Fine Jan. 10, 2021

Jan. 10, 2021

Hi Don Knuth, author of The Art Of Computer Programming and creator of the TeX typesetting system is 83 today. Happy Birthday Don. Thank you for TeX and everything else. You're warmly invited to join me online to celebrate Don's life and work. The virtual party is on Thursday 14 January, 6:30 to 7:30pm UK time. You'll find the zoom details (and a goto tribute) at: https://jfine2358.github.io/post/2021/01/10/happy-birthday-don-knuth/ This link also contains a discussion of how merging two binary trees provides a good example of how coroutines can be useful, as in Python's async and wait. with best wishes Jonathan

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