RE: [SLUG] Semi-experienced Python Programmers?

From: Mathew Thomas (mathewt@sunbelt-software.com)
Date: Wed Jan 30 2008 - 10:38:54 EST


To suggest that "there shouldn't be any such thing as a Python programmer" I think may be a bit short-sighted. Consider the fact that Google actually hired the creator of Python, Guido van Rossum, on their fulltime staff a couple of years ago (http://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=guido). It seems that the really, really smart apples over at Google think very highly of the language and use it profusely and they ensure that Guido has adequate time to lead the platform. IMHO, I think we're going to see more and more "agile language" programmers (Python, Ruby, etc.) who only specialize in their language. The good ones will probably end up at cool places like Google. Python has gone way beyond the domain of admin scripting. Django, TurboGears, Google apps, etc...

Cheers,
Mathew Thomas

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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of james labocki
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:05 AM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Semi-experienced Python Programmers?

Paul,

Yes part Django framework and part stand alone.

Ronan,

I think my friend just doesn't want to have to unlearn someone from some of the bad practices in other programming languages that Python avoids. Not necessarily looking for only a Python a programmer, but someone without bad habits already learned. No offense taken :) I don't write more than a few scripts with Python myself.

-James
On Jan 30, 2008 9:19 AM, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com<mailto:paulf@quillandmouse.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 06:15:41AM -0500, ronan wrote:

> Good luck with your search, but I wouldn't be too hopeful. IMHO, there
> shouldn't be any such thing as a "Python programmer". Python is a great
> third language for a C++, Java, etc. programmer. But for that to be a
> primary language for a programmer would be scary (for both their career,
> and for their understanding of their field). You might be able to get a
> non-programmer, like a SysAdmin who learned Python in order to write
> powerful admin scripts.
>
> Note: I am not running-down Python. I like it (for some tasks), and
> have used it to write web apps (Poor Man's Zope), and CORBA networking
> software (w/omniORBpy).
>
Django?

Paul

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