larrykubin

Did you switch within the same company? I have made attempts to apply to Solutions Engineer and Developer Advocate roles to match how my personality has changed over time, but have found that no one responds to my resume / applications, even when I have spent several years teaching, consulting, and building content and demos on the side to supplement my engineering experience and prove I can do the job. I immediately get responses and enthusiasm when I apply as Senior Software Engineer, but it seems people are skeptical of why I would want to change to Solutions Engineer or Developer Advocate when the title is not already on my resume.

I may be the only person left who loves San Francisco. Just got back from biking from my house through Golden Gate Park past the De Young and Cal Academy to Cliff House and down Ocean Beach. There was sunshine and people were outside. In different circumstances, there are people dancing on roller skates, learning tango, and skateboarding. Near our house there is a great Russian Bakery, tons of Chinese restaurants on Clement, Green Apple Books, Irish Bars.

Walk North and you are in the Presidio and see the Golden Gate Bridge. Walk West and you are at the Legion of Honor or Lands End and watching the sun set over the Ocean. Walk East and I can hit up a hip hop or funk night at the Boom Boom Room or go to the Fillmore. You can dance at Madrone Art Bar or see an indie rock show at the Independent on Divisadero. Walk a few blocks South and you are in the Panhandle walking by some beautiful Victorians, then stop and catch some jazz at Club Deluxe. Walk a little more and go up Corona Heights or Tank Hill and you have breathtaking panoramic views of the city. Or head down to some of the pubs in the Lower Haight. And that's just within a 2 mile radius. For some reason, everyone focuses on the Tenderloin and SoMa though. The city has major problems, but there is also so much to enjoy.

I have made many interesting and creative friends here who are from all over the world. I get to work on mobile games, but there are many other opportunities around. Among my coworkers are digital artists and painters, musicians, engineers, hip hop dancers, drag show performers, people who party all night in the Castro, a muay Thai boxer, mixologists, and more interests than I can list.

I lived in Seattle, Portland, and Austin over the previous 2 decades -- all great places -- but still find myself happier in SF.

Did you try the Alpaca Market Data (streaming) they just released? You should be able to get real-time data now that is aggregated from multiple exchanges.

Shameless plug: I started a YouTube channel on this topic that covers a lot of commission free trading API's, including Alpaca (got featured in their docs), Robinhood Private API, TD Ameritrade, Tradier, and more. I'm seeing a huge growth in interest in developing automated trading bots and algos. With commissions dropping to zero, there is a huge wave of day/swing traders that want to learn Python, so am creating as many tutorials as possible.

https://youtube.com/parttimelarry

I started a YouTube channel to explore commission free trading API's, automated trading, and stock market data:

https://youtube.com/parttimelarry

Up to 2,000 subscribers now which is very motivating! I feel like there is a lot of demand for this information, but there is a shortage of people who are sharing how to implement trading systems with Python. So I'm teaching myself and sharing on YouTube as I learn.

For anyone interested in stock market API's and financial data, I started a YouTube channel on this topic last year which is starting to gain some traction:

https://www.youtube.com/parttimelarry

It covers popular services and libraries like Alpaca, Robinhood Private API, TD Ameritrade option prices, Yahoo Finance, TradingView alerts, backtesting, and a lot more.

Hey, I ended up creating a screencast of my experience building a small app with FastAPI in case you want to include it in the docs anywhere. Been trying to share more tutorials / videos this year. Will let you know when I make something bigger with this.

https://www.youtube.com/parttimelarry

Thanks for the background and awesome work on this, excited about using it.

I've spent a few years teaching Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu) to kids. I've volunteered via the Microsoft's TEALS program (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/teals) and at the video game museum (https://themade.org/). You can also be an open source contributor to code.org.

I did this before and it made sense and was fun at the time.

1) I wasn’t able to get a job at Google, was a freelancer working out of coffee shops in Portland, would fail any algo test. A six figure windfall was a big deal to me at the time (2012), and still is.

2) Got an opportunity to work on a startup with a close knit group who was easy to work with, fun to party with, was able to work remotely and fly to SF periodically to sync up and go out. The people involved had a great track record. No BS.

3) The hours weren’t that crazy, the project was not that complicated, and it only took a couple years. It was an overall fun experience that I have fond memories of. YMMV.

You should keep an eye on the events calendars - and not just tech meetups. Get outside of the tech bubble.

Here are some things I've enjoyed:

Live Jazz at Club Deluxe, Madrone Art Bar, Revolution Cafe, Amnesia, Mr. Tipples, SFJAZZ

First Fridays in Oakland - check out some local art

Get a museum membership and visit all of the museums, attend events, or check out some street art.

Extension courses at Berkeley Extension or City College of San Francisco, GIS Education Center, etc. Take something random like a foreign language or art class.

Free city walking tours to learn about the history of different SF neighborhoods:

http://www.sfcityguides.org/current_schedule.html

Wander around to different views of the city like Corona Heights, Tank Hill, Buena Vista Park, tiled steps, etc. There are some meetups that do this kinda stuff together also.

Rent a bike and ride through Golden Gate Park to Cliff House.

Return of the Cypher live freestyles and often breakdancing at the Boom Boom Room.

Volunteer your time and skill for educational orgs like ScriptEd or TEALS or social/political purposes like GeoCorps SkillShare or Code For America.

Eat at places besides your company. The Bay Area has so many different cuisines from around the world.

Go to one of the Nerd Nite / science events at a place like Rickshaw Stop or meet some other types of people at bar trivia.

Join an intramural league or go to a board game night.

Location: San Francisco

Remote: Open to on-site in SF or Remote

Willing to Relocate: Yes to the right city

Technologies: Python, Flask/Django, JavaScript, Java, PHP, PostgreSQL

Resume: https://github.com/larrykubin/larrykubin.github.io/raw/maste...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrykubin/

Email: larry.kubin@gmail.com

Location: San Francisco, CA

Remote: SF or Remote

Willing to Relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, and more

Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrykubin/

Email: larry.kubin@gmail.com

Envato Tutsplus if you want to write a tutorial:

https://tutsplus.com/teach

Our stack is primarily JS and Java. I pay for IntelliJ, well worth it. Plus I've been using PyCharm as well.

Same. These have perfect sound for me, are comfortable, and can be had for $60-70 bucks.

My only wish is that I could wear them around walking, but they have a long coiled cable.

Same, bought a place in Seattle through Redfin towards the end of 2014. Went from attending a free Redfin homebuying class to getting the keys to our new place in 30 days. Loved the website and the experience and didn't feel pressured.

I bought my house through Redfin and I think Twilio and Box originally started in Seattle.

The NASDAQ is over 5,000 now, but it was 5,000 17 years ago in the year 2000. Think about what has changed between now and then. Google barely existed, Facebook didn't exist, Amazon was an online bookstore. Apple was struggling and the iPhone and iPod did not exist. Now these are the largest companies in the world. We got people working on self driving cars and going to Mars. These companies are making real money now. If anything, stocks should be higher.

I'm a volunteer CS teacher with the TEALS program in Seattle. We taught Snap (based on Scratch) for Intro to CS in our high school class, mostly teenagers 14-16. I like that it gives kids a quick and fun way to see immediate results without being annoyed by syntax errors. I also feel like we should have moved on to Python or JavaScript about halfway through the semester. The kids who are most excited about programming eventually want to learn a "real" programming language that is used in industry. So I think teaching a combination of Scratch and Python (or perhaps JavaScript) makes for a good Intro to CS class.

For the second year, we are teaching AP Computer Science, so we are using Java. I think the students had more fun with animation, simple games, and web development than they have with AP exercises. I find that there are too many concepts involved in teaching Java to make it a good first language, which can be demotivating. Tons of time spent debugging syntax errors as well. While these things are important eventually, some kids get frustrated and give up too early without ever seeing interesting results.

WordPress, phpNuke, phpBB, most of the old PHP CMSes and E-Commerce systems. The code is dirty and hacky, but the software is useful for millions of people.

Love this idea. Please post some photos of the kits and example projects.

I made an Android app like this as a class project to mess with Firebase. Here is a demo, sounds like the same idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB_lGaKHODY

I never polished it and put it on the store though. Is this what you had in mind?

This isn't low compared to much of the country, but is pretty good for the relative quality of life and high salary that we are talking about. This is within walking distance of Pike Place and Melrose Market, music venues (Neumo's, Crocodile, numerous jazz clubs), theaters (Paramount, Moore), light rail to the airport, retail, high paying employment (Amazon, Redfin, Facebook, etc), and some great food/drink options.

If you are in tech, Seattle has high salaries and no state income tax. Housing costs are rising, but I had a nice 1BR in Capitol Hill for ~ 1700 before buying a 3 BR townhouse in West Seattle with the same monthly cost for mortgage and taxes combined. Walk scores > 90 in both neighborhoods I've lived in and have never had a car. The equivalent housing would cost at least double in the Bay Area. Unfortunately, the winter in Seattle is a downer and it's a bit weird socially.

I get passive income from stock dividends. Most people who trade for a living spend a lot of time looking at charts (if into technical analysis) or doing research (if investing based on fundamentals). I wouldn't call stock trading passive unless you have a fully automated system. I've seen plenty of people lose more money doing this through paying transaction fees and regular income tax over and over again, rather than just holding the S&P 500 for a couple decades.

Mostly instrumental music - jazz, post-rock, or chill hip-hop beats. eg. Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Ros, Nujabes, Miles Davis.

I live in Seattle. I get really depressed from December-February due to the lack of sunshine, and I've found it to be a more difficult place socially compared to other cities I've lived and worked in. To the point where I have frequently thought about leaving.

That said, I played beach volleyball all day yesterday with some friends as the sun set over the Olympic mountains in the background, and it was greatness. But it took me a couple of years to find my place.

Happy as can be at the moment, but it's odd how the gray can send me into a spiral of inward reflection that drives me nuts. Everyone posts the beautiful pictures of Mount Rainier and sunsets, which are gorgeous, but half the year you can feel lethargic and go into a hibernation mode which messes with your head if you don't have a strong social circle already.

Maybe they are starting a new service to spin up engineers on demand as part of AWS.

Whew, I actually started to build my app on top of the Dropbox API a couple months ago, but switched it up to Google Drive since their API seemed more powerful and up to date.

At the time, API v2 seemed to still be in flux, so I started with V1 since it seemed more "stable". Now it's deprecated and will be turned off? It seems like I can't keep up lately.