It’s been two years since our last big Q+A, and we have decided it’s time for a new one! Ask us anything you want to know, including questions like:
Will Ryan ever stop his cats from turning over their water bowl?
How many toilet lids does Wendell actually have?
Will Krista grow an army of pumpkins this year in memory of Lt. Dangle?
As usual, the only thing we ask is that you avoid questions about your specific troubleshooting issue: while it’s nice that you value our opinions on your upcoming build, the Q+A video is probably not the best time for it. We promise the forum is happy to provide input. That being said, more general questions are fine.
We will be recording the video around the beginning of April, so continue to ask away! You can post questions here or on twitter, https://twitter.com/Level1Techs.
What is your advice for an idiot who is trying to learn to code (non-IT background). What language would be useful generally and those that relate to Finance.
What hardware tools do you guys have to have around you that you just can’t do without? (Phones, screwdrivers, soldering iron etc. (Make and model should be included)
And what progams do you guys have to have that you can’t do without for either convenience, usability factor, ease of workflow etc.)? (For ex. I have to have the program Actual Window Manager;I just can’t do without a window manager that lets me place all the windows in the place they belong every time they start up)
Will you ever revive the Level1Enterprise channel? Maybe have guests from the big boys host stuff there? Or do high-level tutorials (Level3Techs?) about how to setup an enterprise-grade network or data center (virt hosts, SAN or NASes, firewalls with explained DMZ settings, ACLs, Cloud configuration or DIY Cloud with OpenStack / OpenNebula etc.)?
Do you have any interesting stories about ISA’s with weird, nieche or even hidden instructions?
Have you played / done anything cool with the fpga on the xeon scalable cpus?
Python is a great starter language and is very useful for finance related apps (and anything you can come up with that’s not graphically intensive) . If your after something compiled then Go is another great starter.