How developers work in Yandex.Zen / Interview with team lead Dmitry Ushanov
Did you know that the Yandex.Zen personal recommendation service is written in Java? Yes Yes exactly. Today we are given an excellent opportunity to find out why Java was chosen for Yandex.Zen, how ML technologies are combined with this programming language, as well as many other useful things. After watching the interview with Yandex.Zen team lead Dmitry Ushakov, you will receive comprehensive answers to questions about what the ideal candidate’s skills should be, what the culture and developer development system is, and what the technology stack of Zen teams is. Of course, Dmitry will also answer the most pressing question for our viewers: are they hiring juniors at Yandex and is it possible to work remotely in this company.
How to read books on programming? What else should a programmer read?
In the era of mobile gadgets, interactive teaching methods are considered one of the most effective. But this statement does not at all contradict reading books on programming. Quite the opposite: a book or tutorial can always give a beginner additional knowledge. The only question is how to read technical literature correctly when you don’t have enough free time. The author of the YouTube channel Be Geek shared his own recommendations on how to quickly squeeze out the most useful information from 500-700 pages of text. It turns out that there is a very simple method of reading tutorials. And for this it is absolutely not necessary to spend several weeks studying the entire book from A to Z.
5 of the worst programming languages
Video blogger and programmer Mikhail Flenov decided to compile the top five “most terrible programming languages.” Don’t be alarmed: the Java language is not in this top five, but Mikhail still devoted a few minutes to Java in his video. Whether he is right or wrong is up to you to decide. One way or another, it is always useful to get an outsider’s opinion. Although we should not forget about the old proverb, which says that “every sandpiper praises its own swamp.”
How I went to the second Java Junior interview
We present to your attention a report from one of the Javarush students about how he managed to pass an interview for the position of Junior Java Developer at one of the largest outsourcing companies in Europe, Luxoft. It turned out that everything is not as scary as it might seem! )) The author of this video speaks without formalities. Agree: sometimes it is very interesting to look at how people present themselves “without retouching”, which is so typical for most YouTube bloggers.
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