[leeny]

What do you mean by "basic programming"? What do you know already? What are you capable of building? I ask for more details because you may already have enough skills for find an entry-level engineering gig. A physics degree, in particular, bodes very well.

[FuManJew]

I have completed two undergrad Intro to Programming courses with Java. I am able to perform 3D data processing in MATLAB, and so far I've used Python to make a wrapper which controls another program as a subprocess. I'm not sure if that gives you an idea of my abilities/knowledge.

[leeny]

Shoot me an email (contact info in profile) if you think you'd like to give interviewing a shot. Who knows, you might know more than you think!