Godwin Mafireyi

[Godwin Mafireyi @gmaffy]

@unclebobmartin What a great take! This is now my favourite unc!!

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

There is no Cloud. It’s just someone else’s computer.

[Godwin Mafireyi @gmaffy]

@driscollis PySide is the obvious choice for real work

[jess @_jessicasachs]

🌸 Stereotypes are dumb 🌸
I worked with a dev at a prev. company. He had a CS degree, 1 yoe, and was a Python dev. High performer.

... and he could only use a GUI. No experience w/ a shell.

He couldn't:
• make or change directories
• edit files
• use git at all

Say whaaaat?
We were pairing on Zoom and I asked him to make a new directory for a project. He opened up Finder. I asked him if he could use the terminal, and he said "no, usually I do it on the computer or in IntelliJ".

So I helped him without shaming him and listed out practical "why's" for why the terminal is a clutch thing to learn.

After that pairing sesh, he knew what he didn't know and the importance of it.

By the time I left that job, he was confident on the command line and even more productive. He could use vim at a basic level. 🎉

However, I was embarrassed by my inner monologue!
See, my gut reaction (and maybe yours if you're reading this) had been:
• "kids these days"
• "didn't he go to, like, a GOOD university?"
• "what do schools even teach?!"

Finally it hit me, "Despite this gap, he's the most productive person on the team!"

That last point was what stuck.

Closing thoughts:
1. Stereotypes are dumb. Not all {insert term} developers are terminal wizards.
2. Sometimes I encounter developers who have gaps in their knowledge, it doesn't mean they're not good at their jobs.
3. (Productivity + curiosity) > existing knowledge.
4. Teach kindly, without assumptions.

Random links I've recommended to ppl:
• Vim + Shell help: Cheatsheets from @devhints (free)
• VSCode: @vscodepro (paid 34$, I learned a lot)
• Everything else: @roadmapsh (free)

[John Lam @john_lam]

Python in Excel is now a thing! Python is now a peer of the Excel formula language and you can mix both languages seamlessly in the Excel grid. Python runs on Azure and is powered by the @anacondainc Python distribution.

This was a multi-year collaboration between the Python team in Developer Division and the Excel team. It was a privilege of a lifetime to work daily with @gvanrossum @ahejlsberg @keyurp32 @jjmcdaid @zooba @iritkatriel @oterocarlos and a few other folks who don't use this site.

https://t.co/5FQ5DcjhHA

[Godwin Mafireyi @gmaffy]

@A2HHTheGame No triple beam dreams?????

[Javier Santoyo @jsantoyo]

DNAscan2: a versatile, scalable, and user-friendly analysis pipeline for human next-generation sequencing data. #SequenceData #NGS #AnalysisPipeline #Bioinformatics
https://t.co/OBs97U00Iw

[Ming "Tommy" Tang @tangming2005]

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[Godwin Mafireyi @gmaffy]

@Shady_Lurker Damn, ges no one got the joke

[Godwin Mafireyi @gmaffy]

@Shady_Lurker dmg, you found him haha

[Godwin Mafireyi @gmaffy]

@MelisandeMarie @tangming2005 Bioinformatician 6+ years. Have an MSc. Working on mu PhD. Work with bash and python mostly and love them both. Use R sometimes, JavaScript, DJango and PyQt for Guis.

[Phillip Compeau @PhillipCompeau]

Programming is supposed to be hard, that's what makes it fun.

So if you're learning from a class that tells you it's easy, well, that class probably sucks

[The Chosen One @KiDCuDi]

Now is the time to show them what ur made of.

[Godwin Mafireyi @gmaffy]

@LupeFiasco Ayesha grown!!!! Solid album!

[Landr🌹se @Landrose_]

I got something to say today!! 😤😤

Full video on YouTube
https://t.co/UbGgBXRP5L

[Godwin Mafireyi @gmaffy]

@St0wy @traversymedia tar -zxvf file

[Godwin Mafireyi @gmaffy]

Why is bash never mentioned in the top programming languages conversation

[Godwin Mafireyi @gmaffy]

@eugZolotarenko Xano