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Sorry, I was not clear. I want to learn java enough to write working code in next 72 hours. I know python and how to write programs.

About my comment ( 132 days ago ) - I meant Python and not Java. It must have been competing thoughts or something I was discussing with someone and wrote incorrectly without proofreading.

Ask HN: How to learn Java and Scala as Python Dev quickly (48 to 72 hours)?

Hi HN, I know python good enough to write working programs. I haven't had chance to work on functional programming or collections , but CRUD app, database interactions, ETL is kind of work I have done.I want to learn Java and Scala. I am little familiar with Java such as basic concept of class, object, main function, compiling programs , I know about inheritance and polymorphism but not good...

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Re:Ask HN: Question on applying to Google/Facebook on Monday March 07, 2016 @09:53PM (#11243281)
I am also interested in knowing. Anyone working at Goog/FB can comment ?

Ask HN: Where are 150k to 200k salary job in Silicon Valley?

I always hear and have read quite a few times that there are thousands of people who earn 150k to 200k salary. I have 9 years of experience but my salary is 118k per year with 2k as stock options per year. I work in data analytics as tech lead without any direct reports. With $2300 rent in Peninsula it is really really hard to live in Bay area for 2 people.Is 150k to 200k only paid at google /...

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Ask HN: How to perform well in online coding test?

It seems that lot of companies hiring engineers are asking for online coding test now-a-days using sites such as hackerrank. It used to be white boarding sessions at onsite interview or may be that still happens.I feel like I am kind of slow and like to take time to put enough thought in the process. I also tend to freeze when doing such tests. I don't know why.I have written many complex...

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Ask HN: Stale job posting and suggestion for getting a job at FB or Google?

Hi HN ,I have started looking for new job and very much interested in a job at high performance organizations such as FB/Google/Netflix. Amazon is also great but I have heard few horror stories. I personally know a couple of folks who were not happy when they worked for Amazon.Number one issue I see is stale job posting. I bookmarked few available jobs at FB/Google and 5 months later I still...

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That is correct. English is not my first language.

Just curious, since you found out from my writing style what particular sentence stood out as odd to you.

Do you know any resources to assimilate to American English in verbal and written cases ?

Yes, stream processing is awesome. I will look into it.
DevOps is cool but I find it too bothersome at times.

I personally like product design , development and system engineering aspects.

Ask HN: Beyond CRUD and ETL – How to Grow Professionally?

I have near 10 years of experience by now. I have worked on ETL , Data migration , CRUD applications. I am well familiar with data warehousing and BI concepts and have worked on many projects involving both. Since last 3 years I have been working with Big Data applications on Hadoop platform mostly writing code in Java and using abstract language/platform such as Pig, Spark , RedShift ,...

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