Ha! Thanks for the heads up Michelle. Sounds cool! I'll talk to Andrew. -Matt
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Michelle Rowley <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Matt, > > On the subject of a mentorship board, we're planning to build something > like that for the new Code Scouts platform. It wouldn't be Python/Django > specific, but would of course have search options. > > In the spirit of not duplicating efforts, maybe you'd be interested in > chatting with Andrew about how to work together? (That would be awesome!!!) > > Thanks! > Michelle > > Michelle Rowley > http://www.michellerowley.com/ > Organizer, Portland Python User Group <http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython/> > Executive Director, Code Scouts <http://www.codescouts.org/> > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Matt Foster <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hey, Matt here. I'm helping coordinate the Django pdxpython.org project > at > > hack nights. I can see the pros and cons of a Python specific jobs > board. I > > do tend to think duplication of effort is not good. Maybe we can build > > something that serves a different purpose? Our community has a genuine > > interest in mentorship and I think a board to connect new Pythonistas and > > Djangonauts with skill building opportunities would be a great help. It > may > > be best to stipulate open source projects only to avoid any exploitation. > > What do you all think? > > > > Also, regarding it being hard to find Python / Django contractors in > > Portland, throw those jobs up on this list! I check here on a regular > basis > > as do a few contractors I know. I also try to forward projects to other > > devs in my network who I think would be a good fit. > > > > Thanks!! > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Jeff Schwaber <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I'd prefer to link to something like silicon florist jobs than > duplicate > > > the effort and water down a local resource or make employers post more > > > times. *shrug* > > > > > > Unless there's something wrong with them? I've never used them > > personally. > > > > > > Jeff > > > On Aug 20, 2013 10:05 PM, "Thomas Hamlin" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I no longer respond to job offers if they do not come with pizza or > > beer. > > > > Preferably both. :o > > > > > > > > But seriously. I'm never offended when someone posts jobs here, and > > > we've > > > > done so for my employer (cloudboltsoftware.com). There are other > > > > channels that likely work better, though. > > > > > > > > Small projects are definitely tough to staff up and I think > developing > > a > > > > long-term relationship with a small shop/collaborative might be the > > best > > > > approach because they'll have other work to fill gaps and be able to > > more > > > > easily shuffle dev time around to meet tight timelines. That can be > a > > > real > > > > win-win. But you'll still have to buy them pizza and beer from time > to > > > > time to fend off others vying for their skills. > > > > > > > > Enjoy the summer everyone! > > > > > > > > On Aug 20, 2013, at 7:37 PM, Michael Schurter wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Pythoneers! > > > > > > > > > > I was chatting with a friend at a design agency who was really > > > frustrated > > > > > with how hard it was to find a Django contractor in Portland > > (hopefully > > > > > more details on that opportunity coming soon). > > > > > > > > > > It's not a permanent position, so buying pizza for the meetup just > to > > > > get a > > > > > contractor seems a little excessive. Is our mailing list the only > > other > > > > > option? Do people find job postings to this list helpful (either an > > > > > employer or employee)? > > > > > > > > > > Also, I'd love to see http://pdxpython.org get some love (perhaps > > from > > > > some > > > > > kind webdevs at a monthly hack night?). 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