It's Ivan here.
Aloha ✌️
Senior Python Developer, Mentor
For more than ten years, I work as a software developer. I love to share my experience with peers.
Since 2017 I've been contributing to Datarobot a Boston based Machine Learning unicorn corp. Before that, I was involved with such industry leaders as Yandex & Wargaming. This experience has helped me to try different roles and understand my strong sides better. I have realised that people are more important to me than computers are.
I am doing mentoring because I want everyone in my team to be able to do my work while I am unavailable. Then I could get a long vacation.
I have a dream to travel around the world one day :)
How could I help you 👌
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Introduce to coding foundations and the Computer Science
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Learn the super-popular
Python language which is
best for educational purpose
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Conduct a mock interview to be ready for real one
My mentees are sharing this 👩 🎓
Perhaps, I was the first student of this guy about 10 years ago. I was hoping "to enter the IT-sphere". And again I want to say Thank you, I didn't even imagine how far this would take me through the life.
Basil Styashkin Bangkok
Practice makes perfect 🐢
It is super important to me when both parties are getting fun in the communication process. Studying is generally one of the most energy-consuming activities for a human. And sooner or later, it becomes tedious as well. As my primary task, I consider to orient a person in the ocean of the unknowns and do no harm their motivation.
My experience shows me that in just one hour per week one is able to discuss a topic in detail. For all related questions, it is often enough to provide self-study materials and answer questions as soon as they arise. No questions come from those who do not try.
My mini-goal for each one-hour session is to make it so that a person can explain in his own words the material covered, tell how each line of the program works, and write a solution to a similar problem.
Examples of requests to me 👨💻
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When is it better to use built-in data types and when should you write your own class?
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What tasks does Clean Architecture solve?
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When can Binary Search be applied?
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How to write a bot for Telegram or Slack?
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What sorting algorithms do work in "linear time"?
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What is the first thing to cover with tests?
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How to realise that it is enough tests already?
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Why use DDD?
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What is the difference between mock and patch?
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Why are integration tests needed?
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How do python websites work?
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How to design a storage (database)?
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Why are web-sockets needed and how do they work?
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How do I run my project on a Kubernetes cluster?
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When is TDD appropriate?
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What are the advantages of "pure functions"?
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What to do when you feel burn out?
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What if my code takes a long time to review?
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Why don't my brilliant tech ideas get it?
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How to build automation for CI / CD?
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Why doesn't my function work the way I think?
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How can I simplify / shorten my function?
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What can one read about %blablabla%?
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How do I pack my code in python / deb / rpm?
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Why are global variables "suboptimal"?
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What is the difference between multithreading, parallelism, and concurrency?
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How to double your salary?
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How to learn %blablabla% on your own?
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Why do we need Bridge, Facade, Adapter, etc?
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How do I write a decorator in python?
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How do I write a generator in python?
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How to learn not to be stuck?
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What are the graph search algorithms?
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How to convince a peer that my solution is better?
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What is a good test?
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How does Docker work?
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What is HTTP request and HTTP response?
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What happens when I type "google.com" into my browser and hit enter?
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What is a typical day for a programmer?