Tell me more about the project at Lanite: what kind of projects are they, and what is the team like?
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Why was RabbitMQ needed in the project along with Celery?
Describe the data flow: how do changes in the warehouse reach the front through Kafka, the catalog service, and Redis? What is the catalog service and how is the popularity of cards determined?
How did the company choose whom to lay off?
Which databases have you worked with directly? Which ones have you designed?
Why did you leave Lanit?
In your own words, tell us how you designed PostgreSQL for a marketplace showcase: business requirements, number of tables, relationships, what is a business entity?
How is the job market now? What are your impressions of job searching?
Are you unsure about what you want for yourself, or specifically about what you want in this particular company?
In Softmedia, were tasks pushed from the top or could they be chosen by oneself?
Tell us how Kafka and Redis interacted in the Softmedia project (Redis cached data, updates went through Kafka).
What are you looking for in a company right now? What is missing in current offerings?
What attracted you to the Softmedia offer?
How did you get into Lanit through an internship? Did you go through a competition, how were you selected?
What are the main architectural solutions used in designing PostgreSQL?
How did you onboard two new developers?
Are you not from Moscow yourself? When and why did you move to Moscow?
How were tasks distributed in the Lanit team — were they assigned by the team lead or could you choose them yourself? What was the most interesting part?
What happened at Softmedia? Why are you currently looking for a job?
Where do data appear from in Redis? What system and database are behind the warehouse?