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Doctor, Lawyer, Poker Player, Physicist: The Best Engineers We're Not Hiring


ABSTRACT:

_"The team needs more engineers and we need them today."_ 

We talk about the engineer shortage. But the problem is not what we think it is. We'll explore how hiring for only CS degrees misses exceptional opportunities. Unconventional backgrounds breed great developers.

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The Pythonista’s Essential Travel Guidebook to Ruby’s Shorelines

For the coder accustomed to Pythonic ways, stepping into the world of Ruby is justifiably puzzling. Is the real documentation hidden or something? What's up with all the dogma? How do I learn to do things in accepted Ruby fashion? Do I really need to adhere to all these conventions, anyway...? Which Ruby groups, conferences, and docs are most approachable for the polished Pythonista who voyages into this foreign land?

We'll cover Ruby community essentials: code practices, culture, religious convictions, memes, lore, influential voices, and spiritual leaders. You'll find out why the #pairwithme hashtag is always where to gravitate. And we'll delve into the deepest of existential questions: why is the why of _why so darned fascinating?

Warning: explanations contained herein require foxes, cat pictures, and exactly two spaces.

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Women Who Code: Interview Practice

Big thank you to Lynn Root for starting this document! Email: Lynn Root

Advice for preparation & interview strategy (language agnostic)

• Lynn Root's Blog with her experience, how she prepared, and lists of practice problems and resources.
• Stephanie Shupe's presentation White Boarding: Interview Tips

Sample questions (language agnostic)

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# Custom prompt. Based on <https://gist.github.com/4652812> by Zachary Scott
IRB.conf[:PROMPT][:PERSONAL] = IRB.conf[:PROMPT][:RVM].merge(
  :PROMPT_I =>    "\n#{RUBY_VERSION} >> ",
  :PROMPT_S =>    "%l >> ",
  :PROMPT_C =>    "? >> ",
  :RETURN   =>    "RETURNS> %s\n\n"
)
IRB.conf[:PROMPT_MODE] = :PERSONAL

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#Model 

@user.should have(1).error_on(:username) # Checks whether there is an error in username 
@user.errors[:username].should include("can't be blank")  # check for the error message 

#Rendering
response.should render_template(:index)

#Redirecting 
response.should redirect_to(movies_path)

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#Model 

@user.should have(1).error_on(:username) # Checks whether there is an error in username 
@user.errors[:username].should include("can't be blank")  # check for the error message 
@user.errors[:email].should include("is invalid") # check for the error format message

#Rendering
response.should render_template(:index)

#Redirecting 

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Capybara Cheat Sheet

Navigating

  visit('/projects')
  visit(comments_path)
  visit(post_comments_path(post))

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## Gemfile ##
source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails', '3.2.8'

group :development, :test do
  gem 'sqlite3'
  gem 'rspec-rails'
  gem 'guard-rspec'
  gem 'listen', github: 'guard/listen', branch: 'polling/double'

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###  Bash shell prompt with RVM and Git info  ###
###  REQUIRES git-prompt.sh provided with Git ###

# $ cp git-prompt.sh ~/.git-prompt.sh
# $ echo source	 ~/.git-completion.sh >> ~/.bashrc

# in ~/.bashrc
 BLACK="\e[30m"
   RED="\e[31m"
 GREEN="\e[32m"

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## This page's URL http://bit.ly/PB5ptc

$ git clone git://github.com/cczona/railsbridge-docs.git

$ cd railsbridge-docs/sites/workshop

$ bundle install

$ gem install rerun