Benjamin Root, on 2012-02-06 13:59, wrote: > Alternate title: "How I finally convinced my Dad that open-source can put > food on the table". Since this entire story got started on this mailing > list, I figured it would be appropriate to end it here. > > Last Friday, I signed a contract to begin working as a "Senior Scientific > Programmer" for a research company.
Congrats on the new job, Ben! Great story, I could say that it had me "Root-ing" for you - but that would make you groan from the number of times you've probably heard it before, so I'm not gonna do that ;) > Lastly, a reminder to everyone on this list, I hope this encourages more of > you to help each other out with answers. You never know if the person you > help out is your future co-worker! Hope this doesn't mean you'll be posting less, now :) I want to second Ben's comments: I learned (and continue to learn) quite a bit about matplotlib by trying to answer the questions others have (with my trusty IPython tab-completion, and when necessary, doing what every Python Jedi does, and use the Source) - and by following along with the answers others provide. best, -- Paul Ivanov 314 address only used for lists, off-list direct email at: http://pirsquared.org | GPG/PGP key id: 0x0F3E28F7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users