Hello friends!
Phew. I had a SUPER busy time at my first week on the job at Amazon. I'm really excited about it though. I was nervous for my first large company after graduation, but so far, so good!
Web links of the week
The reduced motion query at a glance
Private variables in JavaScript
Making SVG icon libraries for React apps
Developing Games with React, Redux, and SVG
Something that interested me this week
I mentioned it above and I'm saying it again: it was my first week at Amazon this week! I had tons of onboarding and meetings, but it was really fun.
I really didn't know what to expect this week. At my previous roles, there's been a little bit of mystery attached to starting (how to set up my computer, who I should know first, how I should start), and here, it feels like it's just so... taken care of. Large companies are definitely large for a reason: they have their crap together. Because everything was so clear-cut from the beginning, I could get right into meetings and contributing faster than I have at any job before. Now, I'm also older and wiser than I was when I first started out, so I do take that into consideration, but still. I really see the value of switching between small companies and large companies. The really solid practices I've learned just in one week would have been so valuable at the places where I've been before. And, the variety of experience that comes with a small company has been valuable for me to provide a perspective in meetings. Good food for thought.
And now, onto week two!
Interview question of the week
Last week I had you reverse a stack with recursion!
Dimitris Nikolos had
a great solution I recommend you check out.
This week's question:
Given two integer arrays, calculate the product of the maximum element of the first array, and the minimum element of the second array.
Cool things from around the internet
1964 IBM 029 Keypunch Card Punching Demonstration
Party Trick: How to skin a watermelon
Quartier Molière
New Horizons Breaks a Record for Long-Distance Photography
Joke
I have 5 eyes, 3 legs and 6 arms, what am I?
A liar.
That's it friends! Be safe, make good choices, and send me jokes.
cassidoo
