Career advice for a 20-year-old: do hard things, build projects and a personal brand, grow your network, keep learning—plus health, money and location tips.
On Books Reading
Why read books and how to do it well: benefits, what to read, Kindle workflow, tracking your library with Book Connect, plus digests and audiobooks.
Exploring Code of Hands-On Financial Trading w/ Python with DataSpell
How to explore the Hands-On Financial Trading with Python codebase using JetBrains DataSpell—an IntelliJ-based Jupyter IDE with smarter assistance, interactivity, and debugging vs JupyterLab.
List of All Amazon AWS RSS Feeds
Complete list of Amazon AWS RSS feeds (as of Sep 2, 2021) across major AWS blogs—plus an OPML download to import everything into Feedly or your favorite RSS reader.
On Employment Screening Tests
Why pre-employment screening tests mislead: key flaws, hiring-manager guidance, and candidate tips—covering cognitive, English, coding, personality and free-form tests.
Jiri Pik’s New Book “Hands-On Financial Trading with Python”
Announcing Hands-On Financial Trading with Python (Packt, 2021): Zipline & PyFolio backtesting, market data sources, and full code on GitHub.
Excel vs. Python – when to use Excel and when to use Python?
Excel vs Python: when spreadsheets are best for small, interactive analysis and sharing—and when Python wins for larger datasets, automation, and advanced analytics (plus Jupyter & key libraries).
How to Set Up the Latest Version of PostgreSQL on AWS Linux 2
Tutorial for setting up PostgreSQL on AWS Linux 2: add the PostgreSQL yum repo, install and init the server, configure postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf, and start PostgreSQL.
The Best Libraries and Tools for Development of MS Office Add-ins in 2020
Top libraries and tools for building MS Office add-ins in 2020—Add-In Express, Excel-DNA, Outlook Redemption—plus tooling like Advanced Installer and Visual Studio.
PostSharp and Excel-DNA
Use PostSharp AOP with Excel-DNA to keep Excel add-in UDFs clean: method decorators enforce the 255-char formula limit and auto-resize function results.
