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1.) Through what criteria do you consider your Python skills intermediate? 2.) You can work on the back-end and use Javascript. The two things are not mutually
by tabeth 10y ago
1.) Through what criteria do you consider your Python skills intermediate?
2.) You can work on the back-end and use Javascript. The two things are not mutually exclusive.
3.) "Services that others developers build upon" do not exclude the front-end. D3 is something other developers build upon, along with front-end interfaces to back-end services. There are many more examples of this.
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Anyway, to answer your question: it is yes. Large tech companies readily employee developers to work primarily on the back-end. To increase the likelihood that you'd be working on distributed systems, I'd try to join a team that works on a product that is already at scale (Google Maps, Facebook Newsfeed, Amazon AWS, etc.)
- gigatexal 10y agoI've written tools for work that automates the boring things in python. That said I wouldn't consider myself advanced and maybe intermediate is pushing it. But I know how to use the language to accomplish things and I try to optimize where I can: using threading and queues where they help etc Edit: I know JavaScript can be done on the server side via nodejs I was talking more about the client side soup of libraries that I'm not interested in
- brogrammernot 10y agoUsing threading and queues where appropriate is excellent stuff. Presenting yourself as intermediate knowledge is also humble, and from your description of your background I do think you'd be able to get a back end job. I'd look at AngelList for companies in Portland.